There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things.
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.
The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.
My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.
I didn't do school plays... I've never done a play in my life, actually. Not even a nativity. If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.
I'm trying to be the messenger for the people that pay attention to me. And those people I want to help inspire because a lot of people maybe think it's - they're too cool for school. That's all I can ever do.
I always had becoming a meteorologist as my goal from the second I decided, while I was in school, just to study meteorology.
I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don't have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.
I studied opera for a year at Georgia State University, but I wasn't interested in that meticulous, technical approach to music. So I left school and went back to jazz.
I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish.
I attended elementary school and high school in Mexico City. I was already fascinated by science before entering high school; I still remember my excitement when I first glanced at paramecia and amoebae through a rather primitive toy microscope.
So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.
When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.
I have the life of Riley. I take my kids to school, do a bit of work in the afternoon, pick my kids up, microwave a meal, hang out with my kids, and work for a couple of hours.
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
I was constantly involved in music and theatre all through middle school and high school.
I think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can't imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.
I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.
