Roger Corman Quotes

I'm not educated about cinema or genres.

I went to film school; I went to NYU film school.

I studied film studies at USC.

My father was an engineer, .. But I found out that the film critics for the Stanford Daily got free passes for all the films. So I became first an assistant critic and then the main film critic. Those free passes changed my life.

I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a lot of behind the scenes in college. I wanted to learn while I had the time. I studied theatre and film in different capacities.

I think I can try the film world out for a while.

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking I'd go to NYU film school and see if I could make a career of it.

From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college that I fell for film, but even then, it wasn't documentaries. It wasn't until I ended up in graduate school at Southern Illinois University that I really discovered documentaries and thought that maybe that would be my calling.

When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.

I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go.

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

USC has really developed my love for the cinema.

I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.

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

Film is something I've always loved since I was very young. In fact, I actually wanted to study to be a filmmaker when I was younger.

Another part of my background was that I was in film school.

I look at films every day. I study. I coach.

I don't know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don't know films or people!

I am obsessed with cinema and its history.

I feel extremely secure to be part of the film industry.

After I did my graduation in mechanical engineering, I got a scholarship to go to the U.S. to do my master's. So I did that. I also worked there for a while. After my master's, I did a course in Film Appreciation.