"Really, visit Hollywood."
Been there many times since my first visit in 1959.
"Go on the Universal tour"
Yeah, lots of high-order information to be gleaned there.
"talk to people in the movie business"
With the exception of Ben Stein and a few others, I wouldn't cross the street to pee on people in the movie business even if they were on fire.
I love the Universal tour, but I also love Disneyland and all tour buses in general. A small and not very interesting vice.
I suspect that you would find a wide chasm between what you think movie people are and what they actually are...though I'm not certain since I never did learn what the phrase "Hollywood elite" means.