Darrell Hammond Quotes

I was always a good student, but I didn't read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college.

I think that a lot of kids today focus on impressing each other. And while that's really nice, you also have to think about your future, about getting into a good school.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

I was preparing to get into one of the IITs when I was in school. I was a good student.

When I went to college, it was so easy. And I worked two jobs while I was in school all the way through; I put myself through school. But working and studying was easy for me because I had worked so hard in high school, studying all the time. Taking only three classes and then working was an easy life in comparison.

Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a role model. A good one. I want to say, 'I got here without drugs, and I got here without drinking or smoking. If I can do it, you can do it. I have no doubt.' I really want kids to have a chance in life.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.

I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.

I was a pretty delinquent little kid. My folks and I didn't get along, so I basically moved out... put myself through high school and then college by working. I'm only a half-year short of a degree in history.

What I tell my kids is, 'I'm preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.'

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

The Purdue education was fine, but I wasn't ready to learn when I was at Purdue.

I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.

I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.

Most of my freshman year at USC, I'd just been partying, and I had zero direction.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

In fall 2007, I stood at the midway point of completing my undergraduate studies at Columbia. I studied every moment that I wasn't sitting in class. I was very focused on maintaining a solid GPA, so I could go on to law school.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

If college expectations are not taught at home, teach them in school.

In totality, I take care not be a bad influence on youngsters.

I haven't experienced college life. It's the phase that my character in 'Raanjhana' is set in. But it isn't that bad, either. I have nearly 30 films behind me and a National Award to boot.

At 19, you're not really thinking about the habits you have. I wasn't. Maybe your study habits? But not your life habits.