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  • Amos Lee on teacher

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    “I wasn’t a very good teacher.” -Amos Lee

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  • Jessica Szohr on teacher

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    “The fact of the matter is that when there are feelings involved and you like someone, it doesn’t matter if you’re an actor, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, a receptionist – you can’t really help it when you have feelings for someone.” -Jessica Szohr

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  • Thom Gunn on teacher

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    “My old teacher’s definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.” -Thom Gunn

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  • Estelle Morris on teacher

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    “There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 – and 11,000 higher than 1997.” -Estelle Morris

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  • John Mahoney on teacher

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    “I didn’t want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn’t go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, ‘No, I’ll go to school and then I’ll be an English teacher that’ll be fun.’ But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn’t inspire those…

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  • Eva Longoria on teacher

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    “I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren’t wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.” -Eva Longoria

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  • Doug E. Fresh on teacher

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    “People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.” -Doug E. Fresh

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  • Martin Mull on teacher

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    “I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in the course of making this object. I like to hold to that as my marching orders.” -Martin Mull

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  • Nicky Hilton on teacher

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    “I always wanted to be a teacher.” -Nicky Hilton

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  • Simon Callow on teacher

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    “My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.” -Simon Callow

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  • Matt Cameron on teacher

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    “I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.” -Matt Cameron

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  • Josh Duhamel on teacher

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    “My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I’m finding out it’s not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It’s more about staying healthy and flexible.” -Josh Duhamel

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  • Eva Green on teacher

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    “I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class – I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something.” -Eva Green

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  • Ajay Naidu on teacher

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    “My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.” -Ajay Naidu

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  • Sarah Sutton on teacher

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    “Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher’s diploma.” -Sarah Sutton

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  • Ed Pastor on teacher

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    “As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.” -Ed Pastor

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  • Ian McShane on teacher

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    “My dad was a football player – a soccer player – for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.” -Ian McShane

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  • Kevin Richardson on teacher

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    “I wasn’t originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.” -Kevin Richardson

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  • Joan Cusack on teacher

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    “You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.” -Joan Cusack

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  • Krist Novoselic on teacher

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    “Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.” -Krist Novoselic

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  • Keith Emerson on teacher

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    “Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.” -Keith Emerson

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  • Michael Nutter on teacher

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    “A father is a person who’s around, participating in a child’s life. He’s a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.” -Michael Nutter

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  • Danny McBride on teacher

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    “You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I’ve been doing are based on different people I might’ve had as, like, a soccer coach or as a teacher.” -Danny McBride

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  • Ellen Pompeo on teacher

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    “I don’t find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I’m not saving anybody’s life, I’m not a teacher, I’m not working for UNICEF. I don’t think I’m some big deal.” -Ellen Pompeo

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  • Dominic Cooper on teacher

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    “I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.” -Dominic Cooper

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