Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise just left the young actors in the industry with some pearls of wisdom.
The star shared this advice while receiving a British Film Institute Fellowship, and according to the Times of London he believes, “it is important to understand the tools around you.”
The actor even showcased his discontentment with the education being imparted in film schools because of their failures in teaching filmmaking technology to aspiring students.
He even explained how “There is tech. It is like understanding the stage as an actor but for a lot of artists it is not taught in film school: how to understand the lens and what it can do, and why there is eye movement and recognize the effect it has.”
And “I always tell actors: spend time in the editing room, produce a movie, study old movies, recognize what the composition is giving you, know what those lenses are, understand the lighting and how to use it for your benefit,” Cruise noted down.
But he didn’t stop there and instead urged them to, “understand the art form to that degree. Brando absolutely understood lighting; all the greats did,” before actually concluding.