Last Wednesday, I decided to go back to my old Film School to attend a late Film History class. I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the work I do and instead watch what has been done before me. It was a very good night, until I remembered something I always hated about Film School. The “Film School Attitude”.

The “Film School Attitude” is the way that students behave while they are in Film school. Even through they are still in Film School, they believe that they know more than anyone else. Now, not everyone is like that. I wasn’t, but so many are.

One of the biggest issue with Film School graduates is that once they get in the industry, even as a PA, they believe that they know more than those who have been there for much longer than them. I’m sure the “heck I went to film school, and he/she hasn’t! I must know more than they do” way of thinking is everywhere anyway, but a lot more present with those graduates in my opinion.

Here’s my advice to you: Don’t act like you know everything. You just don’t. Learn then speak.

Ego is everywhere, but please don’t bring it all on set, sure bring a bit of it but not the whole thing. We don’t need that and neither do you. So many graduates I’ve seen on set acting this way then earring the comments about their attitude.

People will teach you if you shut up and are ready to learn. I’m not saying that you should never speak, but just watch what you say and how you say it.