Sir Patrick Stewart laughed off acting idea
Sir Patrick Stewart laughed off the idea of becoming an actor during his teens. The 81-year-old star was encouraged to consider acting as a career option by a teacher called Cecil Dormand - but Patrick originally thought that the suggestion was a "ridiculous idea". He explained: "A few days before I left school, at the age of 15, Cec asked me if I had ever thought of taking up acting as a career. It made me laugh, because it was a ridiculous idea, but two years later I was offered a place at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, paid for by a scholarship. "Usually the recipients were exclusively Oxb...