Laura Dern dropped out of UCLA to film "Blue Velvet," her breakout role.
Dern said the former head of UCLA's film department said it was "insane" to drop out for the film.
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AdvertisementLaura Dern said a former head of her college film department once called her plan to leave college to film "Blue Velvet" "insane."
David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" is widely regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time, but when it premiered in 1986, critics disagreed on whether it was good.
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