Ben Barnes Quotes

I went to school because I was supposed to. I did pre-med because my mum thought it was a good idea.

I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

I need good grades because I want to go on to do A-Levels. I'm just not sure yet about whether I will go to university, because I really want to see what happens with the acting.

My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.

I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do.

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

I didn't get into university, so I had to go to drama college!

I don't think that's a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere.

If that is your route, to go to university and get a job that way, that is fantastic.

My parents wanted me to get a degree.

Where I'm from, you focus on finishing school. Even finishing college is seen as a stretch - you just get a job after school, and that's it.

I want to finish high school, but that will be it.

So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university.

In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.

I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.

I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.

I got into university to study graphic design, and I got into drama school as well, so I had the choice whether I wanted to go down the sensible route or if I wanted to become an actor.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck.

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

I don't believe in colleges and universities.