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The Awards Season Gives A Chance For Independent Films To Have A Bit Of Longevity In The Press And The Media.

Everybody Expects You To Be Qualified To Talk About Your Films, But In A Way, You're The Least Qualified Person To Talk About Them. When You're Finished, You Don't Watch Them At All.

Clearly, You Can Think Back And See That A Character Has Had Enormous Odds Stacked Against Him And Has To Overcome Them. It's Usually A Guy, I'm Afraid. But Then You're Setting Up A New Movie You Have Amnesia About These Meetings, When You've Discussed It More Analytically.

People Say You Never Remember Anybody Who Dies In Movies, And It's True, You Don't. You Don't Even Remember People Who Disappear. Although The Moment That It Happens Might Be Terribly Sad And Moving, Five Minutes Later, If You're Asked To Remember That Person, You Go, "oh Right, Yeah, Yeah!" 'cause You're Just Moving Forward.

I Don't Want To Make Pompous, Serious Films; I Like Films That Have A Kind Of Vivacity About Them.