James Norton Quotes

I went to NYU, and my parents had a rule that I needed to major in something other than acting if I wanted to pursue acting after college.

When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.

I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.

I thought that's what you did, you know? You graduate high school, you went to work.

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.

I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.

Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.

After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said, 'That's fine. We support you, but you have to go to school,' which was fine because I'm a studious person anyway; I enjoy it.

I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.

While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state.

College wasn't something I saw myself doing.

Going to college was something that I didn't want to do.

I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school.

There came a point sometime during high school when I started thinking about exploring acting as a career, but it was more of an intention than an actual decision. I was very interested in a lot of different subjects, but every time I envisioned myself actually pursuing one as a career, I always ended up thinking that I would rather be acting.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'

I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.

My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.

I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest.

There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was that I was going off to do another degree in the history of art. I would have ended up as some art historian at Sotheby's or something.

My boys have both said they want to be in the movies or on TV, and anytime I hear that, I say, 'That's wonderful; you're free to do it right after you graduate from college.'

I just felt that I might to go to university and get some real life. It wasn't stimulating in the same way. I loved being at Bristol, but I missed the thrill of being on set.

I definitely want to continue being an actress. I love it. The reason I'm going to college is because I do want knowledge in another field. College isn't the college experience for me. I'm not going to be in a sorority. I'm not going to network. I'm not even really going to make my lifelong friends.

One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.