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If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't.
Mike White
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I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.
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My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.
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I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.
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People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
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I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.
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I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions.
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It's fun when you create a world to inhabit it and see the other characters from grounds eye view.
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My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.
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I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis.
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I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.
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I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.
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