"How did you get into ____?"

Question

How would you translate "how did you get into ___" (e.g. "how did you get into the movie business?" "How did you get into pottery?" etc.) into spanish? I would take a crack at translating this myself, but honestly I haven't the foggiest idea. The translator results come up as:

¿Cómo te metiste en el negocio de la película? (This seems plausable since it is roughly, "how did you get mixed up/involved in the movie business")

¿cómo entró en el negocio de la película? (I am not so sure about this one.)

Judging from what turned up in the translator results, and just how the phrase sounds in english, I am guessing this one will not have a direct translation. In fact, there might be a couple different phrases since this one phrase can carry two meanings in english: "How did you become interested in activity x" and "what did you have to do to get your current job as Y".

If there are any native speakers that want to weigh in on this one I would appreciate your help.

Answer 1

I would say "¿Cómo entraste a la cinematografía?"

Thank you for replying. Would that work for asking how a person got interested in a hobby as well? - Maldito23, Mar 31, 2013

Answer 2

Julian said:

I would say "¿Cómo entraste a la cinematografía?"

Maldito asked:

Thank you for replying. Would that work for asking how a person got interested in a hobby as well?

Yes!

You can also say something like, "¿Cómo empezaste a trabajar en ....?" or "¿Cómo empezó tu interes en coleccionar los sellos?"

Thank you for the added options. ;) - Maldito23, Apr 1, 2013