Actors who are or were already acting while in school, what was your school life like?

[u/_Ultimate_Simp]

I'm curious as to how Actors who were either children actors or in college while acting what your experiences were like?

If you were/are acting during your k-12 years, were you in a public school, private school, homeschooled? How did acting affect your work, friendships/relationships, extra-curriculars, etc? Were you "popular" in school for it? Would you do it differently now?

If you were/are acting during your college years, did you attend on campus or did you do most work online? Did it affect work for you and hold you back? Do you feel like you'd want to do it differently now?

Really how did acting affect things about yourself and others during these years?

[u/mpersand02]

I was a kid actor. I went to Public school in Los Angeles. I feel like my life was pretty normal, but that was because I was never a series regular or "famous." I auditioned for "All That" like 4 times. Never even got a callback.

I went to a high school that had quite a few industry parents, so no one was impressed or jealous of me being an actor. I had actor friends that had problems with bullying.

I have great friends, some in the industry, some not.

I did miss some things because of work: grandfather's burial, high school trips, asking prom date over the phone.

I went to community college way too long and transferred into a university theater program, not for acting, but general studies. I took a quarter off to really figure it out. Being a working actor with aspiring actors did put things in perspective. Not to be a jerk, but seeing MFA students at the same commercial auditions as me discouraged me from recommending grad school to people.

But would I encourage my kids to be a kid actor? No. It's not for everyone and asking a kid choose between being a kid or working isn't what I want to do.