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When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.
John Wayne
Wise
Took
Pretty
About
Russia
Had
Over
Sophomore
Read
Got
Left
Quickly
Happened
Much
USC
Communists
Socialist
University
I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my relationship to music.
Flea
Music
Me
Relationship
School
Year
Doors
Unlocked
Studied
Terms
Bunch
Which
USC
In high school, I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch, and once I graduated from business school at USC, I started a company with my partner and had a nine-to-seven job.
Rob Kardashian
Business
School
Job
Partner
Once
High
High School
Had
Graduated
Worked
USC
Business School
Company
Started
My dream school was USC. So I was like, alright, I'm going to apply to USC, and If I don't get in - I'm dropping out of school, and I'm pursuing music. So I applied, and I got in. I was like alright, I'm at the number one communications school in the country, and that was my major.
Saweetie
Music
School
Country
Out
Dream
Pursuing
Dropping
Major
Like
Alright
Got
Get
Going
Communications
USC
Applied
Apply
Number
I studied film studies at USC.
Kyle Mooney
Studied
Studies
USC
Film
My phone was not ringing very much at the time after USC, and that was a very humbling experience after being let go there and to go through that process. You start calling a lot of people that don't call you back all of a sudden, and you realize things about people.
Lane Kiffin
Time
You
Experience
People
Phone
Back
Ringing
About
Through
Call
Calling
Go
Lot
Very
Being
After
Process
Realize
Much
USC
Sudden
Let Go
Things
Start
Humbling
People's perception changes so fast. You win, and people say, 'Well, he had all of those sanctions at USC, and that's why he lost.' You lose, and, 'OK, he's a bad head coach, and he's just a good play-caller wherever he has been.'
Lane Kiffin
Good
You
People
Win
Perception
Lose
Lost
Changes
Say
Those
OK
Has-Been
Bad
People Say
Had
He
Head
Head Coach
Well
Been
Just
Wherever
Sanctions
Coach
USC
Why
Fast
I went to USC where there's a huge Greek system. The school is in a pretty seedy area, so the only social life is at these fraternities. I never joined one myself, but I had a lot of friends who were in frats and I would go to those parties. I had a healthy dose of being around frat life while I was in school.
Dave Franco
Life
Myself
School
Healthy
Those
System
Would
Pretty
Only
Area
Joined
Never
Had
Parties
Around
Go
Were
Lot
Huge
Friends
Greek
Being
Where
While
Dose
Social
USC
Social Life
Who
At USC, when I studied film scoring my first year, one of my first friends that I met was Ryan Coogler. He was in the directing program at USC. He became one of my best friends at school.
Ludwig Goransson
Best
School
First
Met
Year
Directing
Studied
He
Became
Scoring
Friends
USC
Film
Program
My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family.
Miranda Cosgrove
Family
Me
Important
Had
Always
Been
Very
USC
Dad
I got in trouble in film school at USC because one of my Super-8 movies there, in the first semester, involved a snowmobile chase scene. I made an action scene, and they were like, 'That wasn't what you were supposed to be doing.'
Doug Liman
You
School
Made
Trouble
First
Action
Scene
Chase
Like
Supposed
Involved
Because
Got
Doing
Were
Semester
Movies
USC
Film
Film School
USC has really developed my love for the cinema.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
Love
Cinema
Developed
Really
USC
I went to USC and tried to learn about the other side of the camera a little bit.
Joseph Mazzello
Other
Side
Bit
Tried
About
Learn
Camera
Little
Little Bit
USC
I was going to be a chemical engineer - I was a science nerd - that was the plan. I secretly applied to USC and NYU and got a scholarship to go to NYU based on a dumb animated short I made. It was a huge shock to me and my family.
Jon Watts
Family
Me
Science
Engineer
Made
Secretly
Nerd
Animated
Scholarship
Chemical
Got
Go
Dumb
Huge
Shock
Going
Short
Plan
USC
Based
NYU
Applied
I didn't want to go to college, and my parents said, 'Well, then you'd better get a job, because we're not paying for you to drop out of school.' So I delivered pizza near USC for a while. We had to wear khakis and a baseball hat with the logo on it, and I worked almost every day.
Dylan Penn
Day
You
Every Day
Better
School
Job
College
Parents
Drop
Every
Out
Hat
Wear
Delivered
Had
Drop-Out
Almost
Almost Every Day
Well
Because
Said
Go
Get
Want
Pizza
While
Then
Worked
USC
Paying
Baseball
Near
Most of my freshman year at USC, I'd just been partying, and I had zero direction.
Topher Grace
Year
Direction
Had
Most
Partying
Freshman
Freshman Year
Been
Just
USC
Zero
I went to USC in L.A. Part of me is a real West Coast kid. My parents had a house in Palm Springs, which I now have. I spend a lot of time there.
Linda Johnson Rice
Time
Me
Parents
Spend
Kid
Had
Part
House
Real
Springs
West
West Coast
Lot
Which
USC
Coast
Now
Palm
I was interested in virtual reality for several years even before working at USC, it wasn't an interest that started there at all. In fact, when I started working at USC, I already had prototypes of the Rift that were very similar to the final design.
Palmer Luckey
Reality
Before
Design
Final
Virtual
Virtual Reality
Several
Similar
Fact
Had
Prototype
Were
Years
Very
In Fact
Interest
Interested
Working
USC
Even
Rift
Started
USC Film School always had a real sense of drama and lineage.
Robert Zemeckis
School
Sense
Drama
Had
Always
Real
Lineage
Real Sense
USC
Film
Film School
I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the film school. I was biding my time, hoping to be accepted to film school, and I ended up transferring to UCLA my sophomore year.
Darren Star
Time
School
First
Year
Hoping
My Time
Never
Major
Sophomore
Sophomore Year
Because
Accepted
Up
Get
Did
Ended
Transferring
Theater
USC
Film
Film School
I love Irvine. That's my 'hood. I went to USC and used to come home every weekend. It's in my comfort zone.
Justin Chon
Love
Home
Every
Hood
Weekend
Come
Comfort
Comfort Zone
USC
Used
Zone
At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.
Marcus Allen
You
People
Back
Top
Running
See
Over
Yards
Candidate
Gain
USC
To go to USC without a scholarship is next to impossible.
Jerry Buss
Impossible
Scholarship
Without
Go
Next
USC
When I was at USC, I did a movie with somebody, and I had a blast doing it.
Matt Willig
Somebody
Had
Blast
Doing
Did
Movie
USC