American - Director | March 7, 1973 -
Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.
Jay Duplass
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I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.
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The idea that a lot of sons marry their mothers subconsciously, which I have done in my own life, was interesting to explore.
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My whole life, I've been the one in my family that's always too emotional and too sensitive. That's, like, my role in my family.
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I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.
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I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.
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I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.
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I think it's hard for quieter, more introverted people to get into acting.
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I thought acting was showboating.
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I think the press mistakenly thought that all of these 'mumblecore' filmmakers were banded together in a similar ideology, but the truth is that we were all just using the same digital camera and helping each other make our movies because we were broke, and we were the only idiots willing to do it.
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On 'Transparent,' I work closely with LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people who are now my close friends - truth be told, we're all more like family.
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