In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.
Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.
At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.
I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open myself up more in front of an audience. Her plan was for me to just talk more.
In the sixth grade, I auditioned for a play called 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.' I got the lead, and I was terrified, but I went and did it.
What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.
At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.
I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.
At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.