I Decided To Be A Filmmaker When

Actors Are Programmed To See The Worst. If You're Talking About An Actor's Tv Series, You Say, "i Loved You Last Night." And They Go, "what About The Week Before?" They Immediately Worry.

American Cinema Tends To Express A Patriotic Relationship To National Identity On A Regular Basis.

I Think We All Have Blocks Between Us And The Best Version Of Ourselves, Whether It's Shyness, Insecurity, Anxiety, Whether It's A Physical Block, And The Story Of A Person Overcoming That Block To Their Best Self. It's Truly Inspiring Because I Think All Of Us Are Engaged In That Every Day.

American Movies Are Often Very Good At Mining Those Great Underlying Myths That Make Films Robustly Travel Across Class, Age, Gender, Culture.

With The Coming Of Radio As A Mass Medium, Suddenly The World Changed. It Became About, 'can This Leader Project Emotional Connection Through The Way He Speaks On The Radio?' And The Anxiety About Whether He Could Do That, We've Inherited.