The boy knew that escaping school was the surest sign of his election.
When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.
I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.'
For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery.
The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.
It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them.
The best job was when I was at drama school and I cleaned flats in the Barbican. I loved it. They were spotless anyway, so you'd just watch the telly and flick a duster around.
Babies have millions of brain cells. They are like light bulbs waiting to be turned on. Don't wait for them to go to school and hope for the best.
I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.
I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school.
I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.
When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.
A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.
At school I was easily misled, but that's childhood. I remember I used to shoplift tins of Airfix paint and football badges.
I remember going to my school careers advisor and asked about jobs that required scuba divers. It was a phase.
I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.
I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.
Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.
I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.
