If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.
I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.
Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.
I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, and I couldn't read the industry very well.
I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films.
I always wanted to be a filmmaker, but I started acting when I was 9 years old. I looked a certain part that I wasn't, really. I played, you know, a high school jock with a lot of attitude or a spoiled rich kid, and I was neither of those things. I was from a very working-class family in Van Nuys.
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.