I studied technique for ten years, from age 7 to 17. I guess you could say I went more on the Stanislavski side than the Meisner side - there's always that wide divide among actors when it comes to technique.
‐‐ Thomas Ian Nicholas
I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
‐‐ Lev Grossman
I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
‐‐ Gary Carr
I studied the short story as part of my creative writing course at university but then set off as a novelist. Generally, there is a sense that even if you want to write short stories, you need to do a novel first.
‐‐ Sarah Hall
I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.
‐‐ Hill Harper
I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.
‐‐ Jenna Fischer
I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.
‐‐ Kelis
I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.
‐‐ Andrea Bocelli
I studied to be an architect. And I find tremendous similarities between building a company and the design process. Businesses have to do their planning on the fly in a fashion similar to an architect sketching.
‐‐ John Katzman
I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.
‐‐ Michael Cerveris
I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.
‐‐ Danny Strong
I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to.
‐‐ Deborah Kerr
I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.
‐‐ Lily Allen
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom.
‐‐ Charles Koch
I studied Wilfred Owen for my English A Level, and that led me to Sassoon and Blunden, Rosenberg and Thomas.
‐‐ Tony Bradman
I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.
‐‐ George Shearing
I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher.
‐‐ Mary Steenburgen
I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.
‐‐ Peter Jurasik
I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.'
‐‐ Harmony Korine
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
‐‐ Garth Nix
I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.
‐‐ Bayard Taylor
I study history in order to give an interpretation.
‐‐ Oliver Stone
I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.
‐‐ Rebecca MacKinnon
I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.
‐‐ Jet Li
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
‐‐ Michel de Montaigne
I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.
‐‐ Tony Bennett
I study orbital dynamics as a hobby. My idea of a good time is sitting down and drawing on that knowledge to imagine a space mission from beginning to end, getting as many details right as I can.
‐‐ Andy Weir
I study people all the time. For some reason, we're not very good at seeing what's there or hearing what we're hearing.
‐‐ Ben Okri
I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.
‐‐ Mark McGwire
I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot of people assume that if you write about early Christianity, you must be some kind of Sunday-school teacher.
‐‐ Elaine Pagels
I study the Bible constantly. I teach the Bible. You know, I'm a Bible conductor, and I have a lot of people studies. But also, I see how small things really help people to get over humps in their life. Gives them direction.
‐‐ George Benson
I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.
‐‐ Neil deGrasse Tyson
I study the ways new media shapes people's perceptions of the world.
‐‐ Ethan Zuckerman
I study to learn, to be an educated person.
‐‐ Gary Sinise
I study Torah all the time.
‐‐ Amar'e Stoudemire
I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
‐‐ Padgett Powell
I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.
‐‐ Portia de Rossi
I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me.
‐‐ Erik Hassle
I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on.
‐‐ John Hughes
I stumbled into this format for 'Last Call with Carson Daly' that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell's 'Insomniac.' I love being out on the street.
‐‐ Carson Daly
I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It's an amazing feeling.
‐‐ Marcus Brigstocke
I stumbled upon the 3x1 shop because it's a few doors up from the 'V' magazine offices on Mercer. The store is intense: They can take your measurements, and the sewers are right there behind glass making what amounts to a couture pair of jeans.
‐‐ Derek Blasberg
I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.
‐‐ Dominic Cooper
I style my hair so frequently that I need a really good conditioner to keep it moisturized.
‐‐ Andra Day
I style myself and choose what to wear based on what I feel good in it.
‐‐ Melania Trump
I sublimate different parts of my personality through my characters. Which is worrying, as some of them can be a bit nasty. I'm pleased the stuff on the page isn't inside me any more.
‐‐ Joanne Harris
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
‐‐ Howard Barker
I submit that in the few minutes that Joseph Smith was with the Father and the Son, he learned more of the nature of God the Eternal Father and the risen Lord than all the learned minds in all their discussions through all centuries of time.
‐‐ Gordon B. Hinckley
I submit that President Obama and all the democrat politicians that voted for Obamacare never even read the proposed law. Nancy Pelosi admitted it. So, now, when chaos reigns, they act surprised that things aren't working.
‐‐ Bill O'Reilly
I submit that those who run the American military at the top, and those whose boots are on the ground and who run the machinery and equipment, are sending a signal: You asked us to do something. Give us some time and we will solve the problems and we will do it.
‐‐ Pete Domenici