A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
From Ryan Phillippe
To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to.
It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.
Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.
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