Cinema Quote by David Mamet

Film schools are not rigorous enough. They let things get by and kids get out there and they think they are saying something and…

— Rob Nilsson

And it's just my opinion that I don't think film school is necessary for filmmakers. But I don't want to discourage someone who really…

— Dave McCary

In terms of drama school, what that will give you that you won't necessarily learn on a film set is the technical ability -…

— Daniel Radcliffe

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…

— Brian De Palma

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

— Steven Sebring

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do…

— Richard King

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…

— Gia Coppola

As an actress, I never went to film school, and I think if I had gone to film school, I would have started with…

— Preity Zinta

You don't necessarily need to go to film school to learn that part of it. But what I valued was that it gives you…

— Meera Menon

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

— Bernardo Bertolucci

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books…

— Paul Thomas Anderson

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

— Paul Thomas Anderson