I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.
As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.
I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very removed from the Hollywood scene. I had always been in my school plays, but my mom and dad wanted to keep me out of the business until I was old enough to know who I was and not let anyone change me.
I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.
I consider myself a student of Hollywood.
Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my genes.
I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.
My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV.
I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.