Quotes About Experience

The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you're lucky enough to know or to meet the character that you're playing, I'd say, 'It's obvious: you quiz them diligently about their experience.'

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League.

The movies that I did in the '80s were either good or bad, but I never was oppressed with any feeling - I mean, I thought it was ridiculous to play high school or college students when I was 30. But at the same time, that was really done then.

Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.

I tell my students that if you have enough preparation, you can handle the big interviews. You won't be intimidated.

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

Students today need experience to get a job, and they need a job to get experience. The Chegg Champion program provides students with a real-world working experience that actually offers financial rewards.

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.

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.

Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.'

I've studied Spanish, but I need to improve. I'll probably improve when I work in the country one day. For most people, when they travel to a country, their language becomes better.

I studied jazz at home with my grandparents. They always had jazz dudes at the house, but I didn't study formally. I just hung around a lot of musicians.

I studied in a Catholic school in Oahu, and I went to a film school in New York.

I actually studied with The Groundlings.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

I studied dancing a little bit when I was young.

I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.

I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York.

I've studied classical singing, but not to a great extent.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

I never actively went out and studied the American accent. I just came over here to the States, and it was something I was able to do. Like, I never struggled with it.

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.