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ALANNA UBACH You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.
ALANNA UBACH I love to work.
ALANNA UBACH I was so naive when I began acting, professionally.
ALANNA UBACH I act with my gut instincts.
ALANNA UBACH When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.
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ALANNA UBACH It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I...
ALANNA UBACH I've never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I'...
ALANNA UBACH I've always wanted to act since I was little.
ALANNA UBACH I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly.
ALANNA UBACH I'm a night owl.
ALANNA UBACH My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being smal...
ALANNA UBACH![]()
I went to London, where I became a window dresser for an exclusive store. I was actually qualified t...
CHRISTINE MCVIE I actually had a job while I was acting and was a nursing student, which I had to drop due to my 9-5...
DASCHA POLANCO![]()
Actually, acting turned out to be the perfect job for me, because I had a lot of different interests...
JOHN C. REILLY![]()
Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.
-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift
TAMORA PIERCE When I was little, I was actually really shy. I really enjoyed doing school plays, but I found the w...
EMILY BERRINGTON But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.
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I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.
MARK RUFFALO![]()
I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.
DAN SIMMONS My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that mad...
SKYLAR ASTIN After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I ha...
GABRIELLA WILDE![]()
A baby sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out
acting like teenagers.
UNKNOWN I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an ...
FRIDA GIANNINI I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable ...
STEPHEN MANGAN A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study...
APURVA GAGLANI![]()
I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I...
JENN PROSKE![]()
If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"
Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as...
TAMORA PIERCE![]()
Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I ...
MARA WILSON![]()
I was an elementary school teacher.
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI![]()
I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.
LONI ANDERSON There came a point sometime during high school when I started thinking about exploring acting as a c...
ROBERTO AGUIRE![]()
Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.
TAMORA PIERCE Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting c...
VING RHAMES![]()
My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teache...
AJAY NAIDU When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy...
CASEY AFFLECK![]()
I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That w...
ANNA DEAVERE SMITH Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER![]()
I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition.
SARAH SNOOK![]()
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatric...
CHARISMA CARPENTER![]()
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like '...
MILES TELLER There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had...
NESTOR CARBONELL I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.
SASHA ALEXANDER![]()
You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!...
TAMORA PIERCE You can't become the best teacher unless you have been taught by your own student, at least once.
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I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was ...
DAISY RIDLEY At the end of the day, I want to be a teacher at a university, teaching film or acting.
OMAR DORSEY![]()
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went ...
KIM CATTRALL I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It...
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Losing my father at a tender age was hard, and I felt it more so while growing up when I needed a fa...
AJAY MEHTA![]()
I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy tar...
NICOLE ANDERSON![]()
Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.
JENNIFER CAPRIATI I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I rea...
DANNII MINOGUE My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel...
GALE HAROLD I haven't actually studied acting at all.
KAT DENNINGS![]()
As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home wh...
EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI I actually jammed the bone up into the skull, ... My senses weren't all there. ... It was pretty tou...
FERNANDO BRYANT![]()
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.
ZIGGY MARLEY What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, ...
LUANNE RICE People actually perceived me with being this cat from the Bronx because I'm one of a handful of ...
FAB FIVE FREDDY I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
DAN SCANLON![]()
When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was ac...
TAYLOR MALI I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want t...
AARON TVEIT A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said,...
KATE CLINTON Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had t...
DANA SPIOTTA![]()
I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National ...
HERMAN CAIN![]()
I grew up the son of an acting teacher, so I was kind of introduced to all of these various methods ...
VIN DIESEL![]()
I want to be in a more natural state while doing acting.
ARMAAN MALIK Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY![]()
As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high s...
MICHAEL J. FOX My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is ...
LAURA BENANTI![]()
I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.
NICK FROST My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but the...
GARRY HYNES Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I l...
JOAN CHEN My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.
KRISTIN BAUER VAN STRATEN Before my acting took off, I drove a truck for an inventory company throughout the northeast, but my...
DORIAN MISSICK![]()
While I was doing 'Desperate Housewives,' I actually watched it from the beginning.
DANIELA BOBADILLA![]()
I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio....
PARK SHIN-HYE![]()
You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.
TAMORA PIERCE![]()
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actuall...
PETER C. DOHERTY For a while, I was a flight attendant. I lived in New York, and I was a bartender. I took cooking cl...
BECKY LYNCH Yes, actually quite a few math people are addicted. I'm pretty addicted myself, actually.
EDRAY GOINS I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my...
LISA KUDROW Actually, Joe was the one who congratulated me, ... And I said: 'For what? I know ain't gotten a hit...
JASON GIAMBI![]()
Actually Gabriel’s an archangel,” I corrected. “But otherwise, yes.”
“Well, that expl...
ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO He wasn't just a teacher; he was an all-around educator.
JEFF OMSPAUGH![]()
Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna)
TAMORA PIERCE Jeremy was actually with the Cleveland Browns when I was there. His father was a defensive coach, Ji...
VINNY TESTAVERDE![]()
I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.
PATRICK FUGIT I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first...
TROIAN BELLISARIO I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym ...
JANUARY JONES The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see t...
KURT ANGLE I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was ha...
T. V. CARPIO![]()
Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
TAMORA PIERCE I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when ...
JOHN MAHONEY![]()
In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything wi...
KEVIN KWAN Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this ...
ADHIR KALYAN
NATHAN FILLION My role in 'Legally Blonde' was really rewarding, because I had so much fun working on the m...
ALANNA UBACH You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.
ALANNA UBACH I love to work.
ALANNA UBACH I was so naive when I began acting, professionally.
ALANNA UBACH I act with my gut instincts.
ALANNA UBACH When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.
ALANNA UBACH If a woman is comfortable with herself, I think that's what radiates. I think the moment you sta...
ALANNA UBACH It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I...
ALANNA UBACH I've never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I'...
ALANNA UBACH I've always wanted to act since I was little.
ALANNA UBACH I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly.
ALANNA UBACH I'm a night owl.
ALANNA UBACH My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being smal...
ALANNA UBACH
I went to London, where I became a window dresser for an exclusive store. I was actually qualified t... CHRISTINE MCVIE I actually had a job while I was acting and was a nursing student, which I had to drop due to my 9-5...
DASCHA POLANCO
Actually, acting turned out to be the perfect job for me, because I had a lot of different interests... JOHN C. REILLY
Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift
TAMORA PIERCE When I was little, I was actually really shy. I really enjoyed doing school plays, but I found the w...
EMILY BERRINGTON But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.
KACEY MUSGRAVES
I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher. MARK RUFFALO
I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher. DAN SIMMONS My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that mad...
SKYLAR ASTIN After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I ha...
GABRIELLA WILDE
A baby sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out
acting like teenagers. UNKNOWN I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an ...
FRIDA GIANNINI I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable ...
STEPHEN MANGAN A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study...
APURVA GAGLANI
I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I... JENN PROSKE
If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as...
TAMORA PIERCE
Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I ... MARA WILSON
I was an elementary school teacher. LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute. LONI ANDERSON There came a point sometime during high school when I started thinking about exploring acting as a c...
ROBERTO AGUIRE
Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth. TAMORA PIERCE Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting c...
VING RHAMES
My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teache... AJAY NAIDU When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy...
CASEY AFFLECK
I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That w... ANNA DEAVERE SMITH Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER
I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition. SARAH SNOOK
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatric... CHARISMA CARPENTER
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like '... MILES TELLER There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had...
NESTOR CARBONELL I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.
SASHA ALEXANDER
You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!... TAMORA PIERCE You can't become the best teacher unless you have been taught by your own student, at least once.
WOHI PURANA
I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was ... DAISY RIDLEY At the end of the day, I want to be a teacher at a university, teaching film or acting.
OMAR DORSEY
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went ... KIM CATTRALL I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It...
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Losing my father at a tender age was hard, and I felt it more so while growing up when I needed a fa...
AJAY MEHTA
I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy tar... NICOLE ANDERSON
Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways. JENNIFER CAPRIATI I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I rea...
DANNII MINOGUE My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel...
GALE HAROLD I haven't actually studied acting at all.
KAT DENNINGS
As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home wh... EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI I actually jammed the bone up into the skull, ... My senses weren't all there. ... It was pretty tou...
FERNANDO BRYANT
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. ZIGGY MARLEY What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, ...
LUANNE RICE People actually perceived me with being this cat from the Bronx because I'm one of a handful of ...
FAB FIVE FREDDY I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
DAN SCANLON
When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was ac... TAYLOR MALI I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want t...
AARON TVEIT A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said,...
KATE CLINTON Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had t...
DANA SPIOTTA
I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National ... HERMAN CAIN
I grew up the son of an acting teacher, so I was kind of introduced to all of these various methods ... VIN DIESEL
I want to be in a more natural state while doing acting. ARMAAN MALIK Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY
As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high s... MICHAEL J. FOX My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is ...
LAURA BENANTI
I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school. NICK FROST My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but the...
GARRY HYNES Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I l...
JOAN CHEN My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.
KRISTIN BAUER VAN STRATEN Before my acting took off, I drove a truck for an inventory company throughout the northeast, but my...
DORIAN MISSICK
While I was doing 'Desperate Housewives,' I actually watched it from the beginning. DANIELA BOBADILLA
I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.... PARK SHIN-HYE
You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance. TAMORA PIERCE
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actuall... PETER C. DOHERTY For a while, I was a flight attendant. I lived in New York, and I was a bartender. I took cooking cl...
BECKY LYNCH Yes, actually quite a few math people are addicted. I'm pretty addicted myself, actually.
EDRAY GOINS I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my...
LISA KUDROW Actually, Joe was the one who congratulated me, ... And I said: 'For what? I know ain't gotten a hit...
JASON GIAMBI
Actually Gabriel’s an archangel,” I corrected. “But otherwise, yes.”“Well, that expl...
ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO He wasn't just a teacher; he was an all-around educator.
JEFF OMSPAUGH
Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna) TAMORA PIERCE Jeremy was actually with the Cleveland Browns when I was there. His father was a defensive coach, Ji...
VINNY TESTAVERDE
I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby. PATRICK FUGIT I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first...
TROIAN BELLISARIO I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym ...
JANUARY JONES The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see t...
KURT ANGLE I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was ha...
T. V. CARPIO
Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time. TAMORA PIERCE I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when ...
JOHN MAHONEY
In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything wi... KEVIN KWAN Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this ...
ADHIR KALYAN
