I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie.
Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.
I didn't learn a lot from books. I learned a lot from movies.
I was a precocious reader.
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me.
I read 'Jaws' and 'The Godfather' back to back one summer when I was 14 and was suddenly aware of how powerful fiction could be.
I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.
Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story.
When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level.
I could read music before I could read.