I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'
The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids.
I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.
I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.
I fell in love with acting, just going to a lot of plays. My parents went to a lot of plays, and I went to a lot of schools that would get plays for kids.
I grew up in a school that had a big music program, and it was incredible. It's what I looked forward to during the day. I had chorus, strings, band.
You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.
I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my relationship to music.
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.'
I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.
I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.
So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage.
I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids' bits. I've always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated.
I would ditch school if my CD was scratched up or I couldn't get batteries. I wasn't trying to get on the bus and not be listening to music.
In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play with my friend in my band, than studying the piano.
It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.
I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I had a fun childhood, went to regular school.
My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty disciplined. I was home-schooled but more really unschooled, really.
Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.
