To achieve the intimacy between performer and audience in storytelling, I feel like I have to let the … - Paul F. Tompkins

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I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that my life can't be looked at or that I have to be this pristine, isolated figure.

Paul F. Tompkins

To achieve the intimacy between performer and audience in storytelling, I feel like I have to let the audience in on my emotional state, not just, "Here's a story I'm going to tell by rote, and you're just going to listen to it, because I'm such a wonderfully entertaining fellow. " It's the idea of sharing enough of myself that it's not just all about, "Look at me, look at me. " There's an element to it of, "You understand what I'm talking about, right? You've been in this place that I've been in," which makes it a richer experience.

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