Tony Shalhoub Quotes

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA.

I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in 'Falling,' I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work. I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.

When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.

I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

I would tell anyone who wanted to be an actor not to bother with drama school.

I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there.

I always tell younger actors that if they want to learn the ropes, there's no better place to do it than right here in the U.K.

I did school plays, and then, at the age of 18, I applied to drama school in London, and I got in. I've been very lucky that no one so far has stopped me from being able to live my dream - the industry or my parents.

People keep asking me where I learnt acting. And I say that there is no special school for acting or drama where you can go and learn.

I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in.

I've been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school, which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

I love film, but it's funny going to drama school for three years, where you spend most of your time training for theatre, then coming out and just doing films.

I failed the audition to get into drama school.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'