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* RICHARD SCHICKEL: There's a popular myth that you got started in the film business when you snuck on to the Universal lot. ... *

: Inattentive security guards assumed he was part of the crew, allowing him to set up an "unofficial internship". Spielberg

: Undiagnosed with dyslexia until his 60s, he was often labeled "lazy" by school administrators and bullied by classmates. * RICHARD SCHICKEL: There's a popular myth that

: After getting a three-day visitor pass for Universal Studios from a chance encounter on a bus, he simply kept showing up after it expired. Spielberg

: He was famously rejected from the University of Southern California (USC) film school multiple times due to poor academic grades.