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As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

— Harvey Weinstein

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.

— Andy Lau

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

— Justin Chadwick

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

— Sam Neill

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

— Susan Griffin

I didn't really make up my mind to be an actor until I did 'The Hitcher' with Rutger Hauer. I was about 17 or 18 when I did that, by which point I'd probably done a dozen or more movies or TV things, but 'The Hitcher' was the experience that made me want to study and commit and learn how to do this for my life.

— C. Thomas Howell

I did important films when I was very young.

— Catherine Deneuve

I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art, and I guess growing up, he exposed me to a lot of culture, and I just started making Super-8 films in high school and decided I wanted to be a filmmaker.

— Bill Paxton

We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

— Randeep Hooda

✗Opposing Perspectives

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

— Griffin Dunne

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte