rookies are always terrible. he is strict, not to weed out idiots, but to weed out people who dont have the sufficient level of desire and passion, which is necessary to persevere in something which is difficult. they do the same thing in boot camp. or in fine dining.
I'm concerned by the amount of people in these threads who don't seem to realize that 90% of the Miyazaki quotes posted in these threads are taken out of context or outright fake. No one outside of Yas Forums considers Miyazaki to be a pretentious asshole, and those here who do think that have their opinion formed entirely by selected screencaps posted on Yas Forums. Not saying anything about Miyazaki one way or another, I don't know the guy myself. Just keep your information in context.