When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
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. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
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. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>