<p>… but the role models you described all came to their acting from different directions. Tina Fey majored in drama at a big State U (UVA) and then went the comedy route at Chicago’s famed Second City. Meryl Streep also majored in drama, but at a smaller LAC (Vassar) before going to Yale School of Drama and beginning her acting career in theater/on stage. Kate Winslet grew up in England, in a theatrical family. All quite different. What is it that you want to do?</p>