"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that"
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The subtext is a quiet negotiation with fame. Child actors are routinely framed as either prodigies or cautionary tales, and both narratives flatten them. By talking about college as a normal next step and citing his brother’s experience as the key influence, Felton re-centers the family as his reference point, not the industry. That “Again” reads like a corrective, a reminder that there’s a private timeline running parallel to the public one, and it matters more.
Contextually, this is a mid-2000s celebrity posture that now feels almost quaint: aspiration toward anonymity, toward training and routine, toward a life where accomplishment isn’t measured in box office totals. Fishery studies, of all things, signals seriousness without pretension. It’s a way of telling the audience: I’m not a brand yet. I’m a person with options, with curiosity, with a future that can smell like the sea instead of a soundstage.
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Felton, Tom. (2026, January 18). I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/
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Felton, Tom. "I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/.
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"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.



