Post by Hells on Jun 3, 2006 18:28:36 GMT
University or college can set the stage for a fantastic career "Green Wing" actor JULIAN RHIND-TUTT tells Jessica Moore YouCan- The essential guide to higher education":
What he does allow himself to take credit for is his ability to read, judge and interpret scripts. "There are two elements to acting; instincts and natural ability, and breadth of knowledge and experience of life"... then goes on to explain that JRT has achieved the latter from his time at Warwick studying English and Theatre. He described himself as a "cynical and jaded 23 yr old" student saying "you'll never beat the system, no one cares".
Julian grew up on the outskirts of London where he found school and childhood "a bit tedious" and his move to Warwick , away from home for the first time was significant.It was "different from what I was used to and I loved every minute of it". "I would definately advise people to go to a university or college that's over 100 miles from home- just because you won't get the same experience if you're popping home every weekend to get your washing done. Going to the launderette on a Sunday morning when it's full of weirdos- that's part of it."!!
He had a look around lots of different unis, then set his heart on Warwick - even wrote a letter to say "I love you so much please let me come".
He drove to his interview in the battered old mini he had when he was 17 in the pouring rain with one windscreen wiper and "my hand out the other window trying to get the rain away". His interview didn't go so well, "I shat myself and spoke absolute rubbish. The I drove away feeling depressed at my performance." But he later got the letter with an offer and was "elated".
"I had the most amazing time of my life, meeting lots of new people, doing a subject I really wanted to do and being in plays. The things you do at university, the concerts you go to, the people you have sex with - it'll never happen again. I spent the first term thinking, 'wow! The world is just a great big onion!'".
Somebody once told him that "whatever you want to do at the end, you can't get a better start than by having a degree. You never know what you might be doing in the future - especially if you want to do a dodgy job like acting - and you might need it to fall back on. It sounds like something your maiden aunt would say, but it's true. You don't want to put your eggs in one basket - now even more than then."
What he does allow himself to take credit for is his ability to read, judge and interpret scripts. "There are two elements to acting; instincts and natural ability, and breadth of knowledge and experience of life"... then goes on to explain that JRT has achieved the latter from his time at Warwick studying English and Theatre. He described himself as a "cynical and jaded 23 yr old" student saying "you'll never beat the system, no one cares".
Julian grew up on the outskirts of London where he found school and childhood "a bit tedious" and his move to Warwick , away from home for the first time was significant.It was "different from what I was used to and I loved every minute of it". "I would definately advise people to go to a university or college that's over 100 miles from home- just because you won't get the same experience if you're popping home every weekend to get your washing done. Going to the launderette on a Sunday morning when it's full of weirdos- that's part of it."!!
He had a look around lots of different unis, then set his heart on Warwick - even wrote a letter to say "I love you so much please let me come".
He drove to his interview in the battered old mini he had when he was 17 in the pouring rain with one windscreen wiper and "my hand out the other window trying to get the rain away". His interview didn't go so well, "I shat myself and spoke absolute rubbish. The I drove away feeling depressed at my performance." But he later got the letter with an offer and was "elated".
"I had the most amazing time of my life, meeting lots of new people, doing a subject I really wanted to do and being in plays. The things you do at university, the concerts you go to, the people you have sex with - it'll never happen again. I spent the first term thinking, 'wow! The world is just a great big onion!'".
Somebody once told him that "whatever you want to do at the end, you can't get a better start than by having a degree. You never know what you might be doing in the future - especially if you want to do a dodgy job like acting - and you might need it to fall back on. It sounds like something your maiden aunt would say, but it's true. You don't want to put your eggs in one basket - now even more than then."
