My mother learnt Mohiniyattam as a child, and my father loved singing.
As an Englishman, permit me now to say with what pleasure I learnt of the election of Professor Planck and Professor Stark to the Nobel Prizes for the years 1918 and 1919.
Yes, I remember as a child, I would potter around my mother in the kitchen and want to participate in everything she was doing. I have learnt most of my cooking from her. I also used to irritate her with a lot of questions.
I’ve learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.
The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there’s no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look after themselves.
When I was a model, I met someone. I don’t want to name the person. But things did not go well. I was new and could not understand what was happening. But I have learnt my lesson. I will not date any actor for sure.
If there is no music, I will perish. While I have not learnt music, I can play the tune that comes into my head on the keyboard.
I’ve learnt that what you need to do is have standards that are agreed nationally and then allow people locally to work out what they need.
There have been failures in the past, and I know there will be in future as well. But I have learnt from them.
How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that’s taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
I learnt French in school and can already speak English.
When I look back, there isn’t a single film that I would disown becaus,e with every film, I’ve learnt a lot.
The only thing that makes sense to me that I’ve learnt over the years is knocking tunes together.
I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn’t even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.
Hopefully, now there are kids, both male and female, even senior players, who open themselves up now and are more open to going abroad and playing their football. I’ve learnt so much, and they can, too.
We go through life owned by the stories we tell ourselves which are often historic and charged narratives – things we’ve learnt since childhood that we don’t even consciously realise are going on.
I had an arranged marriage, and learnt you have to persevere and remember we are all human and all have faults. Obviously my husband Abdal has more faults than I do!
I can’t take a break from acting but I’ve learnt to work my way around films and devote time to my music career.
To be honest, the Nidahas Trophy has taught me too many things. Actually, I learnt to how to stay neutral after that.
During the ’80s when I was peaking in my career, I was a heavy drinker and would not be in control post my drinks at times. I used to be a tough husband to live with and had a bad temper. But I have now learnt to control both my drinks and my temper.
I’ve grown up around people who love photography, and I think from being photographed for so long, I always wanted to understand how it worked, and I’ve been fortunate enough to be photographed by some really wonderful photographers, and so I learnt a lot from them, and I always ask them questions.
I played until 37-years-old and my last three or four years I learnt the most.
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.
One of the key things that I learnt on ‘MasterChef’ was time management.
One of the many things that I learnt from my mother is to never regret.
How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?
If you want to be a director, work with writers and find different ways of telling stories with film, then do a course. This way you can consolidate what you’ve learnt and use the course to go further.
I see the other Wiggles more than I see my own family. I’ve learnt to be more tolerant with them, even though I’m constantly trying to organise them.
The environment on the ‘Chewing Gum’ set is where everyone can work to the best of their abilities and everyone is happy. So, if I’m not happy with something, I’ve learnt that you don’t start flailing about; you go in quietly, and there’s a conversation.
My parents gave us all a chance to accomplish our goals,and I was blessed with that – I was lucky with that – and I learnt at a very young age that anything less than my best wasn’t acceptable.
I have learnt a lot of fitness-related things.
You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.
I can speak Cantonese, but I can’t speak about fashion – I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don’t know the right word – it can be very hard to explain things.
I have learnt over the years to know which camera angle makes me look better.
I was there when Gordon Brown basically was taking over – so right in the middle of that transition. It was fantastic; I learnt a lot.
You’re never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There’s a lot of things that come with the life you could get lost in. But you have to let it be what it is. I’ve learnt not to take everything too seriously.
I’ve learnt that if you can’t get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
The last three-fours years which I have been playing domestic cricket and international, I learnt a lot. I wouldn’t say it has been great or fantastic, but it has been a roller-coaster journey.
I have learnt as an entrepreneur that the formidable opponent you can have is someone who has nothing to lose.
I have never been to an acting school, and on the sets of ‘Karwaan,’ Irrfan was my acting school. By observing him, I learnt to improvise in the scenes along with focusing on the smallest of the details.
The most important and invaluable lesson I’ve learnt in the past 20 years of being in filmdom is to never look back.
I grew up thinking that it’s okay to be sad, angry, and express your emotions. I have also banged doors and fought, as I have seen my mom do that when she would fight with my dad. Everything that I’ve learnt is from them, so I’ve never struggled to express myself.
I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.
I learnt a lot in Germany, and the German mentality really helped me. It was an enormous step in my life.
‘Hollyoaks’ is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That’s certainly an experience you don’t get in drama school. It invites you to be comfortable in front of the camera.
I’ve certainly learnt there’s nothing more important than cash – cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures.
I learnt a lot while filming ‘Masaan,’ it made me acutely aware of my weaknesses.
I have learnt the hard way that ignoring a small fry can be many times harmful.
I’ve learnt to take care of myself.
I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that’s what everyone speaks in the mountains. They speak English to foreigners, but what people say to each other is much more important than what they say to you.
And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither heeded what was said or practised, but just what belonged to my loyal duty and my own honest reputation.
As actors, we put in our best, but when people don’t like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I’ve learnt not to get too emotional.
When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.
During practice sessions I try and bring every inch of my experience to show the players what to expect, what can happen, what to avoid so that the team can focus on what they have learnt during training sessions.
Of my old tendency to overdo the dedication and deface the title page with florid compliments and obscure quotes which the recipient cannot read, I will say only that I learnt my lesson when I had to shell out with my own money for a hardback I’d vandalised and now limit myself to ‘Good wishes.’
Chiki Sarkar edited ‘Mrs Funnybones,’ and she is a ruthless but kind editor to work with. The only lesson I learnt during this process was to say, ‘Yes, Prime Minister,’ and re-write.
I think I have grown as a better actor, I have learnt more about people and professionalism.
Most of what I’ve learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.
I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
