You don't always just have to do an indie movie to feel like you're controlling it with a few people that you really have connected with, creatively. You can do it on a bigger scale.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.
The independent-minded movies - it's always an uphill battle to get them made and seen. You do what you can, and go out there after and try to tell people about it, but at the end of the day, that's all you can do.
Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.
As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie.
Making a film is so scary, and there's such a kind of void that you're working from initially. I mean, you can have all the ideas and be as prepared as possible, but you're also still bringing people together and saying, 'Trust me,' even when you don't necessarily trust every element.
To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.
Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.
When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.
Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.
You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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