Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have.
If everybody has to take biology and chemistry, they can take computer science. Computer science is a more useful skill right now than a lot of other things that people are learning at school.
[Languages] became a tool that served me my whole life.
On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time.
Do you know how to read?" "No. It is one of the black arts." He nodded. "But a useful one," he said.
Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.
Acting has been very useful to me.
Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.
It seems that singing is the only thing I've been able to do and fortunately it seems to be useful!
It's a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs - to cook.
The army taught me to sign my name very quickly, and that's stood me in good stead the rest of my life.
I studied Hindi in school and that's come in handy.
