Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Coming out of Juilliard, I honestly was expecting and willing to be breaking my neck, hustling, and being unemployed for a decade, two decades. I was gritting my teeth, but I was so down to do that. "

Alex Sharp

Down

Breaking

Decade

Related Quotes:

" I got rejected from all the good drama schools first time. "

" I spent the first seven years of my life in a caravan traveling around Europe and the United States because my parents were just obsessed with traveling. "

" Elle Fanning is my official stylist. If I'm buying a pair of sneakers or a suit, I just do what she tells me to do. She's my red carpet expert. "

" It was nice to have a break from acting - there's a lot more to life than acting. And that's important - to be a good actor, you have to know that and to live that. "

" Acting is a different beast on screen. I'm excited to explore that. But, of course, it's an honor to be part of the Broadway community. It's a dream just to be here. "

" I'm interested in so many different things and art forms. "

" To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself. "

" At school, I had to work really hard to get a D in maths. And I wasn't slacking off; I actually did work quite hard. "

" I haven't felt anchored my entire life. But I kind of like it. "

Alex Sharp

Entire

Life

" When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful but is always going to create waves. "

" I'm saving money like there's no tomorrow because, when I was at Juilliard, I had so little. They gave me a full scholarship because I didn't come from a wealthy family or anything. "

Alex Sharp

Tomorrow

Family

" I've always found it hard to do what I'm told - I'm not very good at conforming. "

" My education was seeing and touching the world. I would read about the history of a castle with my mother - who was a teacher, so she home-schooled me - and then she would take me to the castle, and we would climb on it, and then I'd write creatively about it that night. "

Alex Sharp

History

Mother

" It was always my dream to live in New York. "

" I've been to the Met Ball and the Tonys, but Cannes is particularly huge. Every time at these big events, it's just - whoa. Because at the end of the day, I'm a guy from Devonshire who grew up on a farm who loves his dog. "

" As an actor, you spend years getting ready for an opportunity to arise, and when it does, you're ready for it. "

" I think controversy is an interesting thing in that it usually goes hand in hand with starting conversations that surround taboo or under-discussed topics that need to be discussed and need to be less in the shadows, in my opinion. "

" That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different. "

" I might not have been academically gifted - I was bad at maths, and science was a struggle - but I was good at English literature and became hooked on theatre. "

" I don't like doing things that are easy! "

Alex Sharp

Easy

Things

" Sometimes you catch people's eyes during the show, which is horrible and awkward. I can always see the people in the front row, and sometimes you get people who are fast asleep. Maybe they had a long day at work, but that's an expensive nap. "

" I'm not good at picking people up, I'd rather just get to know someone. I'm not an 'opening line' kind of guy; it's not really my scene. But at school, I was good at talking to girls. I wasn't good at making moves, though. "

" I played a very complex, multidimensional character - Piglet in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' - at age 7 in England. "

" I'm pretty careful about making sure that when I choose to do something, it's for the right reasons and that I really connect with it and care about it. So if the right musical came along, yes, I would totally do it! "