We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.
My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.
I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.
There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.
I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.
For a long time, I have been inclined to start a school for the talented children.
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.