I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.
When I went to medical school, the term 'digital' applied only to rectal exams.
I used to spend every morning in detention at my old school.
My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father.
I hated high school. It was a prison.
High school was so much fun, and it wasn't a wreck at all.
I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school.
In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.
I'm trying to go through the whole process of high school to college to work.
I was a weird animal in high school, doing no work and getting straight A's.
Teachers who complain 'These kids have no work ethic' couldn't be farther off the mark. The problem is not that these kids lack a work ethic; the problem is that some of them see no connection between a work ethic and school. None of them would think...
As you work to become a better student, remember that learning is far more important than the numbers on your transcript. I know it can be hard sometimes to remember what you're in school for. In some places, students go crazy over a tenth of a point...
I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family.
The film industry is a lovely family and I respect it.
I'm always a fan of a good horror film.
A really good horror film has a story.
I'd love to do more independent films.
Independent film is for actors that love to act.
'Home Alone' had become the absolute biggest film I had ever done, and it became the third-highest grossing film of all time. So clearly it had an effect on me that is unparalleled to any other film experience in my childhood.
