37. She quit high school at 15 to go to acting school
Yes, technically speaking, Lucille Ball was a high school dropout. At the age of 15, she ditched her regular old public school in pursuit of the big stage and went to John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts. Once she started there, it turns out that it was not all she had hoped. According to Ball, all that she learned there “was how to be frightened”, as her instructors did not think much of her and were not afraid to say so. Her instructors reportedly thought there was no way she could make it into the show business industry. Oh, how wrong they were.