Getting Into the Movies – Movie Etiquette
themselves as artists.
The actor or director or author who does really good work, who has something new to offer, or who at least is sincere in his desire to do something big and fine in the motion pictures, will always be tolerated no matter how bizarre his character in other respects. In short, people are ranked according to their artistic understanding rather than according to their ancestry, their bank account or their morals.
Most of the leaders of the motion picture world have risen from poverty and obscurity, a fact which accounts for the democracy which prevails in the studio. There are a few rules which beginners would do well to follow. Here they are :
1. Be modest. Because you don’t understand why something is done, don’t believe it is all nonsense. And remember that you have ever so much to learn
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