I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
I went to New York University to study experimental theatre in 2006 and was there pretty consistently until 2011. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
I’m not a stand-up comedian. I’m not an improv person or anything, but I’ve always been a fan of that stuff. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
It was kind of good that I wasn’t doing the Hollywood high life and stuff like that when I was 18, 19, 20, 21. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
What attracted me to New York was there was an anonymity that I couldn’t always have in Los Angeles, and it was easier to blend in there. The more successful you are, the less you are able to do that. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
It’s kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
Having that college experience and a social life that didn’t revolve around Hollywood was absolutely crucial. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
I’ve done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That’s one way to work through people’s expectations of you. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don’t think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
My mom teaches sixth grade and also taught first grade at one point. She’s into dressing up and costumes and designing her own curriculum that way. She stayed home for about eight years with me and my sister when we were young before going back to teaching, so we had a lot of time with her. She taught us to read really early. Haley Joel Osment Read Quote
