I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.
I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.
I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.