Roger Allam Quotes

I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.

I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior modification to break the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every 15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm.

I have never done any homework even when I was a child!

To be perfectly honest with you, I was partying a lot in school. I didn't have any good study habits from high school because I just kind of got by on being a jock.

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

I was a good student, but I was the biggest procrastinator.

I had to keep up with my schoolwork so I could keep up my grades. That was tough to balance both being a superstar onstage but being a normal kid trying to get her math homework done.

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.

On a school day, I practice for two hours and more than half a day on weekends.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.

School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.

I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.