A Quote by Mike Lookinland

When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.

Mike Lookinland

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Mike Lookinland
American - Actor
Born: December 19, 1960

My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.

Jeff Nichols

My first job out of college was at PBS as an administrative assistant. I thought I would be on the production side of things.

Hong Chau

After university, I went into film. I started out making tea, managed a brief stint as an assistant director, then found myself writing a screenplay. In the end, I wrote quite a few - but by January 2006, I wanted out.

Nick Harkaway

Rajkumar was the winner of 'Naalaya Iyakkunar Season 2,' and I was impressed with his short film. He joined me as an assistant when I started the pre-production work for 'Vada Chennai.'

Vetrimaaran

My tutor was a film director on the side, and she introduced me to film. She then put me in one of her short films, and it came out of that. That's when I fell in love with the process of making a film. After that, I was about 15 and I was like, "This is what I've gotta do." So, I started taking acting lessons, and then I applied to college to do acting. I got an agent, and it all just happened.

Eve Hewson

In college, I got an internship at my local station in Honolulu one summer, and I just fell in love with broadcast news, reporting, and storytelling. After college, I started out at NBC, and I worked behind the scenes at 'Today' and 'Dateline.'

Emily Chang

I started at 'The Post' as an intern in 2000 right after I got out of college.

David Fahrenthold

I signed my first film soon after I graduated from college. So, my real struggle started after my first film didn't do too well. But I believe failure only makes you stronger.

Kiara Advani

I've grown up in Mumbai, did college from Mumbai, many colleges, actually - Jai Hind, Ruia, Andrews, Wilson, Whistling Woods... Then I worked as a production assistant with Prahlad Kakar, and then I started acting.

Prateik Babbar

I first started drinking chocolate milk to refuel in college when one of my assistant coaches said there were studies that proved that lowfat chocolate milk was great for recovery, so after practice, we would get out two big gallons and drink it together as a team.

Kelley O'Hara

I first started pro wrestling right after I got out of college at the University of Michigan, so I was in that frame of mind where I wanted to wrestle with my brother.

Scott Steiner

I started making little films with a 16 mm camera as an undergraduate at Yale. My first job out of college was 'assistant editor' on a forgettable low budget feature.

Leslie Cockburn

I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since.

Chuck Liddell

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

Gaby Hoffmann

I did 'Nobody Walks' right after 'Dredd.' Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot 'Dredd' and tested for 'Being Flynn' that same day. Then I came out to L.A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.