“I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.”
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Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.
I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.
There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.
I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.
