Gradually I got tuned into the world - that happens on every movie. I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lee learns about characters and cultures through the filmmaking process itself.
- In plain terms
- He learns about people by making movies about them.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience teaches you more than preconceptions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How have you learned by doing something new?
- What assumptions have you unlearned?
Another view
Some experiences require deep prior knowledge to navigate well.
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