Eunice's Page

"Produce an award-winning short film. Learn stop-motion animation. Write a short story. Hook up with an artist and create a comic book. Write a play. Stage a play. Attend a seminar. Better yet, put on a seminar. Create a special effects company. Learn theatrical combat. Become an assistant to a director or writer or producer or studio executive. Option a book, play, article or short story. Study acting. Sneak onto a studio lot and pretend to be part of an apprentice director program that doesn't exist. Write a novel. Send your script out to production companies. Borrow some letterhead from an agency, write your own cover letter and send your script out to production companies. Interview a screenwriter. Create an entertainment industry newsletter so you can go interview a screenwriter. Become a reader. Direct a commercial. Do temp work at a studio or production company. Start a website devoted to screenwriting and write a bunch of articles to help yourself learn how it's done. Produce a 'no permission' feature film. Then produce another one. Put on a film festival. Create a film production group. Make a music video for a hot local band. Hook up with a special effects wizard and make a kick-ass short film where a jetliner lands on the freeway.

All of these paths, at one time or another, have worked to get people into the film business. For most of them, you don't have to wait to get started.

And there's always -- write another great screenplay. And another one after that."
- Terry Rossio

***

"There are a lot of problems in this world. I don't know how to fix them. All I know is how to make people laugh. I've been juggling since I was 13 and that's all I know - how to make people laugh. So do me a favour: go home and spread the laughter. Spread it around. Smile at people, it's not that hard. Smile, it's gotta help. Live a good life, it's not that hard." - J-P