I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.