I Didn't Really Play Dress Up When

You Think You're In A Place Where You're All 'i'm Thrilled To Be Gay, I Have No Issues About Being Gay Anymore, I Don't Feel Shame About Being Gay,' But You Actually Do. You're Just Not Fully Aware Of It. I Think I Still Felt Scared About People Knowing. I Felt Awkward Around Gay People; I Felt Guilty For Not Being Myself.

That's One Of My Favorite Songs Of All Time. It's So Beautiful. It's An Old Song, Sung By Nina Simone. This Is The Cat Power Cover. We Pushed Hard To Get It And Were Lucky. It's So Stunning.

I Was In A Store In Halifax, Nova Scotia That I Love, Sort Of Like An Environmental Friendly Sort Of Store. But They Had A Great Book Section. So I Went In There All The Time. The Woman Who Worked There - Which I Feel So Bad; I've Forgotten Her Name - She Handed Me The Book And She Said, "hey, You Should Read This. I Think It Would Make A Good Movie." I Remember Reading The Back Of It And I Was Like, "huh." Then I Just Devoured The Book And I Was So Moved By It And Said, "why Don't We Start Developing This Into A Film?" So That's How It ['into The Forest'] All Started.

You Have Ideas Planted In Your Head, Thoughts You Never Had Before, That Tell You How You Have To Act, How You Have To Dress And Who You Have To Be. I Have Been Trying To Push Back, To Be Authentic, To Follow My Heart, But It Can Be Hard.

I Think A Lot Of People In My Circle Are Thinking That Way Or See The Movie [into The Forest] And Then Really Think That Way. I Think It's Hopefully Tapping Into Sort Of A Consciousness Right Now In Regards To Our Society's Relationship With The Environment And Our Own And Our Disconnect From It, Myself Included.