Julia Roberts on the cover of British Vogue.Photo:Lachlan Bailey for British VogueJulia Robertsis reflecting on why she never attended college.In a new conversation between Roberts, 56, and filmmakerRichard Curtispublished inBritishVogue, theLeave the World Behindstar identified not receiving a higher education as a “regret” in her life.“But I couldn’t,” she said. “It wasn’t in my cards.“When Curtis — whom Roberts first met while working on the 1999 movieNotting Hill,which the 67-year-old wrote — jokingly asked if Roberts “wasn’t clever enough” for college, theAcademy Award-winning actor laughed.“No, I mean, my family didn’t have the money. And I had no scholarship potential,” she said. “That kind of thing. But as my kids have gone through the college process now, and looking for schools and talking about what they are interested in learning more about and all that, it does just fill me with a longing for that academic space.““I want to learn about anthropology! Where’s that academic space for someone like me?” she added. “It doesn’t really exist, but…“Julia Roberts on the cover of British Vogue.Lachlan Bailey for British VogueRoberts was born in Smyrna, Ga., in 1967. In a 2022 interview withGayle King, Roberts shared thatMartin Luther King Jr.and his wifeCoretta Scott King, who were friends with her parents Walter Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus, paid the hospital bill for her birth because her own parents “couldn’t.“Roberts' parents ran a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers Workshop, as Roberts explained at the time. They grew friendly with the King family after Coretta Scott King “called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“My mom worked a full-time job and raised three girls pretty much on her own,” Robertstold PEOPLE of her mother Bettyin a 2017 cover story. “My brother [actor Eric Roberts] is older, so he was gone and out of the house. She never showed the strain of it.”
Julia Roberts on the cover of British Vogue.Photo:Lachlan Bailey for British Vogue
Lachlan Bailey for British Vogue
Julia Robertsis reflecting on why she never attended college.In a new conversation between Roberts, 56, and filmmakerRichard Curtispublished inBritishVogue, theLeave the World Behindstar identified not receiving a higher education as a “regret” in her life.“But I couldn’t,” she said. “It wasn’t in my cards.“When Curtis — whom Roberts first met while working on the 1999 movieNotting Hill,which the 67-year-old wrote — jokingly asked if Roberts “wasn’t clever enough” for college, theAcademy Award-winning actor laughed.“No, I mean, my family didn’t have the money. And I had no scholarship potential,” she said. “That kind of thing. But as my kids have gone through the college process now, and looking for schools and talking about what they are interested in learning more about and all that, it does just fill me with a longing for that academic space.““I want to learn about anthropology! Where’s that academic space for someone like me?” she added. “It doesn’t really exist, but…“Julia Roberts on the cover of British Vogue.Lachlan Bailey for British VogueRoberts was born in Smyrna, Ga., in 1967. In a 2022 interview withGayle King, Roberts shared thatMartin Luther King Jr.and his wifeCoretta Scott King, who were friends with her parents Walter Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus, paid the hospital bill for her birth because her own parents “couldn’t.“Roberts' parents ran a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers Workshop, as Roberts explained at the time. They grew friendly with the King family after Coretta Scott King “called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“My mom worked a full-time job and raised three girls pretty much on her own,” Robertstold PEOPLE of her mother Bettyin a 2017 cover story. “My brother [actor Eric Roberts] is older, so he was gone and out of the house. She never showed the strain of it.”
Julia Robertsis reflecting on why she never attended college.
In a new conversation between Roberts, 56, and filmmakerRichard Curtispublished inBritishVogue, theLeave the World Behindstar identified not receiving a higher education as a “regret” in her life.
“But I couldn’t,” she said. “It wasn’t in my cards.”
When Curtis — whom Roberts first met while working on the 1999 movieNotting Hill,which the 67-year-old wrote — jokingly asked if Roberts “wasn’t clever enough” for college, theAcademy Award-winning actor laughed.
“No, I mean, my family didn’t have the money. And I had no scholarship potential,” she said. “That kind of thing. But as my kids have gone through the college process now, and looking for schools and talking about what they are interested in learning more about and all that, it does just fill me with a longing for that academic space.”
“I want to learn about anthropology! Where’s that academic space for someone like me?” she added. “It doesn’t really exist, but…”
Julia Roberts on the cover of British Vogue.Lachlan Bailey for British Vogue
Roberts was born in Smyrna, Ga., in 1967. In a 2022 interview withGayle King, Roberts shared thatMartin Luther King Jr.and his wifeCoretta Scott King, who were friends with her parents Walter Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus, paid the hospital bill for her birth because her own parents “couldn’t.”
Roberts' parents ran a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers Workshop, as Roberts explained at the time. They grew friendly with the King family after Coretta Scott King “called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“My mom worked a full-time job and raised three girls pretty much on her own,” Robertstold PEOPLE of her mother Bettyin a 2017 cover story. “My brother [actor Eric Roberts] is older, so he was gone and out of the house. She never showed the strain of it.”
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