“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.” DifferentKidsSchoolFilmFiveTownsVideoLife ExperienceFilm SchoolAvid Author:Jodie Foster
“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.” YearsFirstsTwoSchoolFilmThreeYears AgoSeriesTwo YearsThree YearsFilm SchoolShort Films Author:James Franco
“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.” YearsSchoolFilmGoneCoupleGood TimesHaving A Good TimeFilm SchoolBartending Author:Justin Zackham
“I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.” WantSchoolFilmActingFilmmakingFilm School Author:Art Alexakis
“I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school.” SchoolFilmGoes OnFilm SchoolBusiness SchoolNyu Author:Alexa Vega
“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.” KindImportantSchoolFilmOpportunityTelevisionMajorsGraduatesGreat OpportunityFilm SchoolNorthwestern Author:Richard Donner
“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.” IfsKnowsSchoolFilmSidesKnowingConnectionsBallsFilm School Author:Michael Patrick Jann
“I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out, and if you're a respectful observer you can sponge lots of information. That was my film school.” IfsSchoolFilmInformationStudentsDirectObserversRespectfulSpongesTrenchesFilm School Author:Lake Bell
“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.” IfsWaySchoolFilmJusticeChangedTrackDefenseLawyerJustice SystemFilm School Author:Matthew McConaughey
“I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSchoolFilmActorsProcessActingHonestDirectorsBeing HonestFilm School Author:Matt Dillon
“And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.” ThinkingFeelsYearsLooksMeanStillsDoneSchoolLastsFilmGrowingParticularTenHopefullyOngoingMilestoneFilm School Author:Peter Jackson
“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.” ThinkingPlaySchoolFilmActorsFunTermKnowingDirectorsCommunicateScrewsFilm School Author:Josh Radnor
“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.” TryingStillsSchoolFilmProcessStudyTheoryWork OutBotherLearning ProcessFilm School Author:Terry Gilliam
“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.” WantHappensSchoolFilmMy OwnNumbersActingFilm School Author:Joseph Mazzello
“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.” WayTwoSchoolFilmThreeHouseNew YorkLibraryExposedFilm SchoolNyu Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.” BookSchoolFilmAccessFilm SchoolFilm History Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“Most young people make films to be accepted, to be discovered, when in fact that was the last idea with the group I went to film school with. To be discovered was not our intention. Our intention was to tell our story our way, and make our own mistakes and learn from film to film.” PeopleWayIdeasFactsStoriesSchoolLastsFilmYoungMistakeGroupsIntentionAcceptedFilm School Author:Haile Gerima
“I spent a lot of time making music and touring around the country and living the weird life. I was just trying to keep a job and get by. So in a lot of ways, I went through a strange version of film school. So you live through a lot of things, and put them into your work.” WayTryingCountrySchoolJobsFilmStrangeVersionsTouringFilm SchoolWeird Life Author:Dito Montiel
“Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it is is troubleshooting and dealing with different personalities and emotions and trying to make everybody happy and at the end of the day reaching your own personal goals and agendas.” FeelsTryingDifferentEndsSchoolFilmGoalLevelsEmotionPersonalityPreparedMotherhoodHonestlyReachingThe End Of The DayAgendasFilm SchoolAnd At The End Of The DayPersonal Goal Author:Christine Swanson
“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.” IfsWritingSchoolFilmFormCapacityLondonTradersFilm SchoolNyu Author:Jeff Cooper
“Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.” WantedSchoolFilmUsedTurnsActingFilmmakerFilm School Author:Jeremy Davies
“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.” FeelsKindMadeDifferentSchoolPastFilmCareersComedyCoupleDramaBunchDifferent KindsMy PastFilm School Author:Adam Shankman
“I actually went to film school, but I didnt like it. Im basically self-taught.” SelfSchoolFilmTaughtFilm SchoolSelf Taught Author:Judah Friedlander
“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.” ThinkingWantTryingWould BeSchoolFilmOne DayScaryFilm SchoolMaybe One Day Author:Amelia Warner
“I went to film school, so I certainly know how to make things quickly and cheaply. But at the same time, I have the experience of working with Steve Starkey for three years. I watched him produce some gigantic movies.” KnowsYearsSchoolFilmThreeKnow HowProduceThree YearsFilm School Author:Lauren Miller
“I don't have any experience with film schools. I suspect that they're useless, because I've had experience with drama schools, and have found them to be useless.” SchoolFilmFoundDramaUselessSuspectsFilm School Book:On directing film Source: On directing film