Quotes About USC

I got a lot of my film education from sneaking into media labs at USC. I probably owe USC a lot of money.

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.

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.

USC Film School always had a real sense of drama and lineage.

To go to USC without a scholarship is next to impossible.

My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family.

I went to USC and tried to learn about the other side of the camera a little bit.

I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first lines when I was 4. And then I finished school, and I went to USC for their BFA program in acting.

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.

I went to USC film school, briefly, which is a very traditional film school.

I studied film studies at USC.

I went to USC and got my first break writing for a kids' show called 'Pepper Ann.'

Attending USC has been such a great experience for me and has really helped prepare me for my next step in life.

In the 1950s, my family first lived in West Los Angeles. Dad was studying architecture at USC and we didn't have a lot of money. He'd buy crumbling fixer-uppers, make repairs and sell them for a small profit. Then we'd move on. My early childhood image of him is standing on a ladder and sanding the front door.

When you've got a program like Texas or one like USC, every little thing is scrutinized.

I grew up being a running back, so the guys I really liked to watch were running backs. I loved watching Reggie Bush at USC. It was unbelievable what he was able to do. Priest Holmes was another.

The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.

I had no interest or intention of ever writing music. I was a professional violinist in my 20s. I was obsessed with conducting, and I was conducting as much as I could, and I was studying as much as I could. I went to USC; I got an undergrad degree in violin and a master's degree in conducting.