I'm a photographer, a still photographer. That's it.
We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.
Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie.
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.
You can't expect everyone to laugh or applaud you for doing edgy things. Sometimes you'll miss. But I think comedians are artists and there's a value in failure. It kind of works both ways between comedians and audiences. The audience has to understand that comedians are going to sometimes tell a joke that doesn't work out with dark subjects, and the comedian has to understand that sometimes they 'll fail and it's not the audience's fault for not getting it or loving it.
So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.
Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice