I've always believed that "luck is preparation meeting opportunity".
So, why is it that so many young show business wannabes I've met in recent years think that they can skip the preparation part?
Yesterday, I counseled a recent film school graduate who wanted to direct movies, yet this person had never heard of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernst Lubitch, William Wyler, nor had she seen CITIZEN KANE, THE MALTESE FALCON and Clark Gale was "that guy with a mustache".
What do they teach in film school these days?
I want to be a brain surgeon, so just give me a knife. Why do I need to go to medical school?