Quotes about Film School

When I was in NYU Film School I drove a taxi in New York for two years, I felt like I owned my own business with that little taxi. Votes: 3

If I wasn't a trader, I would probably be in the film business in some capacity and writing in some other form. I went to NYU Film School and London Film School. Votes: 3

We were studying at Newport Film School, and I found that the only way for me to make films - because you need people and you need equipment - was that I had to be a student. Votes: 3

NYU Film School was the way to learn about film, to be exposed to film, to go to repertory houses, to be exposed to New York and see films. I would go to the library and see one, two or three movies a day. Votes: 3

I keep joking that I'm in Jason Reitman Film School, because I keep asking him questions every single day about directing and I have a list of things that he's told me to do and not do and I definitely couldn't learn from a better person. Votes: 3

I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught. Votes: 2

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.' Votes: 2

I've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school. Votes: 2

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour. Votes: 2

I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school. Votes: 2

I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here. Votes: 2

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made. Votes: 2

When I met David Green at film school he always used to offer free haircuts - he was kind of an artisan. In a lot of our films, he's constantly trying to give me weird looks. Votes: 2

I was out in L.A. and I had gone to film school and I was out here for a couple of years. For a lot of years, I was bartending and having a good time. Votes: 2

I wanted to stay in New York to pursue acting, but my dad urged me to get a four-year degree. Reading about the film school at Florida State University, he suggested I go there. I received my bachelor's degree in 2003. Votes: 2

I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this?' Votes: 2

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes. Votes: 2

I was at the University of Miami, and I still had, like, a semester or so left. And through the film school, I found out that Al Gore was launching a new TV network; they were looking for passionate young storytellers to transform television, which was, like, ambiguous but magnificent-sounding. Votes: 2

I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors. Votes: 2

I was happy when I got into film school. I'd simply satisfied my ambition to show them that I could get in - nothing else - although I do believe they shouldn't have accepted me. I was a complete idiot. I can't understand why they took me. Probably because I'd tried three times. Votes: 2

Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It's not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made. Votes: 2

My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she's at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn't think it would be fair; plus, they didn't have any interest anyway. Votes: 2

Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of get to stay in control of it all the way through. You don't relinquish the piece to the actors like you have to in theater; you stay in control through the very end. Votes: 2

I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in film school I acted in probably 6,000 student films because no other filmmakers knew anyone who wanted to act. It was all a big beautiful snake eating its tail, progressing along the way. Votes: 2

I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I went to see every foreign film playing in my town. As times went on, I watched a lot less films. I have a different film school now. My film school now is my life experience. Votes: 2

What I've been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, 'Spanking The Monkey', is, I've kind of made a concerted effort to hijack my acting career to turn it into film school, because I've always had the blasphemous idea of becoming a reasonably competent filmmaker in my own right some day. Votes: 2

I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see. Votes: 2

I'm a believer in film school. Votes: 0

I love doing research. I'm a film-school geek. Votes: 0

Maybe not many women are going to film school. Votes: 0

Film school was a privilege I could not afford. Votes: 0

I didnt go to film school, i went to films Votes: 0

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school. Votes: 0

I can't even remember not wanting to go to film school. Votes: 0

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting. Votes: 0

When I was in film school, I was learning more theory than practice. Votes: 0

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films. Votes: 0

I actually went to film school, but I didnt like it. Im basically self-taught. Votes: 0

I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas. Votes: 0

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies. Votes: 0

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. Votes: 0

I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school. Votes: 0

I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own. Votes: 0

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story. Votes: 0

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program. Votes: 0

Because I didn't go to film school, you learn so much from a lot of creative artists. Votes: 0

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. Votes: 0

It's the thing they don't teach you in film school - what happens after you finish your movie. Votes: 0

You will learn more by walking from Canada to Guatemala than you will ever learn in film school. Votes: 0

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films. Votes: 0

I knew from early on I would go to film school and try to work behind the camera. Votes: 0

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made. Votes: 0

Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work. Votes: 0

Anyone that is able to put a high school film and gonzo journalism together, it's like, "Yes, please!" Votes: 0

There's a lot of dopes in life, and in film school. The interesting people are usually easy to find. Votes: 0

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film. Votes: 0

I was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program. Votes: 0

I read the book [ 'Middle School' ]! There was nothing specific really, I think everything in the film was great! Votes: 0

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas. Votes: 0

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it. Votes: 0

I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen. Votes: 0

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school. Votes: 0

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap. Votes: 0

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry. Votes: 0

To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to. Votes: 0

I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema. Votes: 0

I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff. Votes: 0

I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage. Votes: 0

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing. Votes: 0

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be. Votes: 0

After working with so many great actors and acting students in film school, it was a whole other thing working with Luke [Kirby]. Votes: 0

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school. Votes: 0

I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies. Votes: 0

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot. Votes: 0

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread. Votes: 0

After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep once and a while. Votes: 0

Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema. Votes: 0

I'm in film school, so I really have to sock away my money for school, tuition, and so on, and I really don't have time. Votes: 0

I'm not a film-school guy. I was a high-school dropout. I was on a nuclear submarine. I was an electrician. I was a house painter. Votes: 0

I don't subscribe to the school of thought that as a feature film producer I shouldn't dabble in television, web content, or even comic books ... Votes: 0

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship. Votes: 0

I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental. Votes: 0

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. Votes: 0

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics. Votes: 0

I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years. Votes: 0

People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real. Votes: 0

I might do a film someday for the collection. I love designing sets and creating environments, in film school and for my own presentations. I love telling stories. Votes: 0

Lord of the Rings' was going on; like, my college years were the years of 'Lord of the Rings,' an awesome time to be in film school. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I got interested in the justice system. If I was, I'd probably be a defense lawyer. I was headed that way, but luckily changed my track to film school. Votes: 0

Sitting opposite Steven Spielberg, while he turns the pages of your script and talks about each scene as he goes, is about the best film school you can get. Votes: 0

But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world. Votes: 0

I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film. Votes: 0

I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid $75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go. Votes: 0

I was quite academic, quite geeky when I was a kid. I was more interested in going to school than I was in becoming a film star or something. Votes: 0

I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I went to film school at Newcastle Polytechnic. Votes: 0

After I did 'Orchids,' I enrolled back in film school and did a million and a half workshops and worked with great professors and people, trying to hopefully get better. Votes: 0

I always wanted to direct movies. That's what I set out to do. When I was a little kid I just dreamed of making movies, and I went to film school. Votes: 0

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems. Votes: 0

Knowing what I do now, I don't know if I'd ever have the balls to go to film school, with no connections and no knowledge of the business side at all. Votes: 0

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so Im going to actually start working on my own. Votes: 0

I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best film school that I could ever go to. Votes: 0

Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult and most interesting thing to photograph. Votes: 0

After film school, I embarked on trying to promote independent films. But after a while, I realized I was breaking my back doing six-day-a-week shoots, 14-hour days, and no guarantee of distribution. Votes: 0

While still a young student at film school, I was lucky enough to get a golden ticket to a Martin Scorsese master class at BAFTA in Piccadilly: fancy, but technically still 'the flicks'. Votes: 0

I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom. Votes: 0

One of the most telling things about film school is you've got a lot of students wandering around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish I could make a move." Votes: 0

All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory. Votes: 0

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything. Votes: 0

In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary. Votes: 0

It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important. Votes: 0