It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.
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Now everybody's got a video camera, so go make videos with your friends or see if you can get a part in a film school thing that's being done.
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.
You can do all the film school you want in classrooms, but if you are on the set, you are going to learn so much more because you are really in the middle of doing it.
Having to go back and forth between school and filming would sometimes be frustrating because I loved school. It was my chance to be around other people my age. But when you're leaving school to go to a set that's filled with kids your age, then it's fine.
It's the thing they don't teach you in film school - what happens after you finish your movie.
I just remember when I came out of film school - and I loved film school - that the industry was such a mystery. How to break in, and once you are in, how to make a film; that is such a large undertaking. There are thousands of pitfalls.
I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.
Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.
Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.
Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the set with professionals.