I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dyslexic.'
I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.
My father said, "Okay, enough with the Jewish school." He put me into a public school and he said, "If you are the first one in your class, that means the school is bad." That was his humor.
When I was at school you never heard the word 'ADHD.' We didn't even hear 'dyslexic' at school. There was really nothing on offer. It wasn't on the planet as far as we were concerned.
I was a real unfocused academic student, always fiddling around in class, or doing something silly and thinking of something else that had nothing to do with school.
I'm quite dyslexic in school.
If you're dyslexic I think it's very important to know that you can do anything you want and it's not simply because you're dyslexic that you should be shoved on the side.
I was dyslexic - still am dyslexic - and as child, I found things very difficult. I think my father realised that in acting and stuff I could express myself.
I was a runner in Delhi's Army Public School. I started running when I was in class four and became the fastest sprinter in school and zone competitions by the time I reached class eight.
I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.
I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.
England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents.
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.
Often dyslexic kids will excel in being a little bit mischievous or tying to find attention in other ways because they're not getting it in class.
If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.
I'm very grateful to being dyslexic and I owe my career to being dyslexic.