Actor Tom Cruise urged the actors to learn about the craft of filmmaking while receiving a British Film Institute fellowship at the annual BFI Chair's Dinner in London on Monday. According to Variety,

Tom Cruise took a moment while receiving a British Film Institute Fellowship (via Times of London) to urge young actors to learn about the craft of filmmaking. The A-list actor bemoaned film schools for failing to teach production tools and filmmaking technology to aspiring actors,

Tom Cruise has some key advice for the next wave of actors. As one of the biggest movie stars in the world, he didn’t attend film school or have a technically trained background. Instead, Cruise told the audience on Monday while receiving the British Film Institute Fellowship honor that he learned his skills by watching movies.