My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures. Laura Benanti on teacher
In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do. Lucas Grabeel on teacher
There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher. David Puttnam on teacher
Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century. David Puttnam on teacher
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines. Jane Haddam on teacher
I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play. Gary Burton on teacher
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that. Freeman A. Hrabowski III on teacher
He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher. Glenn Ford on teacher
I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation. Ann Curry on teacher
My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background. Chris Hayes on teacher
It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. Birdy on teacher
If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept. James Collins on teacher
In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc. Edmund White on teacher
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted. Ving Rhames on teacher
I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years. I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica. Aida Turturro on teacher
Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood. Daniel H. Hill on teacher
I'm just not a natural teacher. David Benioff on teacher
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. Patricia Neal on teacher
I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius. Christopher Durang on teacher
I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate. Kay Granger on teacher