We've taken some performing arts schools on the set of 'Breaking Bad.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.
Nowadays, most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play - assuming that there are any plays on Broadway worth seeing, which long ago ceased to be a safe bet.
Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.
I can tell you, we had a lot of fun at 'Breaking Bad.' You have to.
You cannot help but notice that schools that take music seriously tend to be more academically successful.
Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.
It's funny: There's a lot of comics on 'Breaking Bad.'
London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing.