Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too.
The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big screen. Whereas Christian religion is retreating everywhere and losing more and more influence; film has filled the vacuum and supports us with myths and action-controlling images.
My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood.
Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.
I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
There are faith-based movies that some people don't consider good, but every time it comes to the scene where someone's life is changed, that still affects me.
We all do films believing in them completely, but sometimes, the audiences like what we like, and other times, they don't.
Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you're the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and... you deserve it.
Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.
Fame should be left to the film stars.