I remember when I saw 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,' I wanted to go out and direct a movie right there on the streets of Manhattan. Unfortunately, you can't without permits.
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Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.
I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.
I really fight hard to make things film where they're supposed to be filmed. If something is supposed to be in New York, then it has to be in New York.
As a kid, my dad would take me to see indie films when I would visit him in New York. Films that I just wouldn't see growing up in the Bay Area.
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic.
It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.
Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.
I never thought about movies. I never thought about Hollywood. It was just being on the stage and being in New York.
If you want to see theater you go to New York.
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