Performing Arts Quotes

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
Simone Weil

Respect, Spring, Acting

I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough.
Carmen Electra

Attitude, School, Enough

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
Zooey Deschanel

Music, Art, True

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.
Carly Rae Jepsen

College, Arts, Golden

I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything.
Marlon Wayans

School, Learned, High

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.
Ellen Barkin

School, Before, Acting

For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.
Christina Milian

School, Friends, Year

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.
Anthony Anderson

School, Talent, High

My brother Trev went to the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, and he used to do his monologues and stuff and rehearse in our apartment. So I used to hear him all the time doing these things over and over and over. And when I was a little girl, I used to soak up everything - like anything anyone did, I soaked it up.
Chloe Moretz

Time, School, Girl

I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have a B.A. in acting, with a concentration in theater performance and a minor in musical theater. I studied there for three years.
Jenna Ushkowitz

School, Acting, Dance

Before I left for Germany, I had gotten accepted to the performing arts high school in New York, which was a big dream of mine. And having to leave that was very sad for me.
Nina Arianda

Sad, School, Before

I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.
Allan Carr

Time, Good, Thought

I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.
Marla Sokoloff

School, High, Normal

Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.
Ving Rhames

Teacher, School, Football

I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.
Merritt Wever

Good, School, High

I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
Rainey Qualley

Mom, Two, Acting

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