Besides student films that revealed his abilities, a newcomer would need to write an appealing screenplay for a low-budget film with a good cast supplied by an agency. Only then would a film production company start taking him seriously.
李安體認到新人要出頭，只有自己寫好足以吸引人又低成本的劇本，配合學生片展現的潛力以及經紀人給你搭配的卡司，才有起碼投訴談判的本錢。