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BEST...
CHRIS ROCK ''Being a smart-ass to my teachers. Surprise, surprise.''
WILL FERRELL (SNL) ''History. I'm a Cancer, and Cancers love history. Oh, yeah.''
JOHN TRAVOLTA ''Lunch and snack time. Can't you tell?''
'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC ''Does lunch count? Probably math after that.''
REGIS PHILBIN ''Geometry. I'm a very analytical guy.''
MICHAEL MICHELE (ER) ''Psychology, because it is the key to the mind. It certainly comes in handy in this business.''
KERI RUSSELL (Felicity) ''I liked them all. I like to learn new things. That's what makes us human.'' JOHNATHON SCHAECH (That Thing You Do!) ''I got straight A's, so I was pretty good at them all. But art was my favorite.''
PETER FONDA ''Fooling around and getting in trouble.''
EDIE FALCO (The Sopranos) ''Gossiping with friends. I'm from Long Island, after all.''
STEVEN SEAGAL ''I was a bad speller, but I ended up loving English and music. And I haven't stopped composing, writing, or performing my own music.''
BOY GEORGE ''Surprisingly enough, religion, because it was conversational.''
DANNY GLOVER ''Math. I had trouble reading, so I worked extra hard at math to get my self-esteem up and not look stupid.''
STANLEY TUCCI ''Theater. Apparently I liked it enough to do it for a living.''
WORST...
DAVID ARQUETTE ''Math, because my brain doesn't work so good when it comes to that kind of stuff.''
COURTENEY COX ''History. My teacher was really boring and he didn't explain things in a way that I can remember or understand.''
MICHELLE WILLIAMS (Dawson's Creek) ''Math, chemistry, and everything science related just sucked.''
SHARON LAWRENCE ''Oh, math! But believe me, I still know how to add and subtract for my bank account.''
LESLEY ANN WARREN ''Math. Why? It beats me. I just couldn't f -- -ing do it.''
MARGARET CHO ''Math, because I never paid attention. Stereotypically, Asians are generally considered to be very good at math, and to not be made me feel really odd and awful.''
ELLEN DEGENERES ''I was bad at everything except PE. So, kids, don't let them tell you education is important, because I couldn't do anything right in school and look at me.''
LUCY LIU (Ally McBeal) ''History. I didn't get it. I rejected it at a young age and I guess that means I am doomed to repeat it.''
JANE KRAKOWSKI (Ally McBeal) ''Typing. I always play secretaries and I can't type! I had to flirt my way through that class -- that's probably where I got Elaine's flirtatious quality.''
GIOVANNI RIBISI ''Girls.''
JOSH LEONARD (The Blair Witch Project) ''Earth sciences, definitely.''
RICHARD KIND (Spin City) ''Economics. It never made any sense to me. It was all about making the correct change.''
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''Kicking butt on the playground'' -- 'STONE COLD' STEVE AUSTIN, on his favorite school subject
