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My Parents Were Divorced And I Didn't Grow Up With My Father, But I Spent A Lot Of Time Around Him, And His Influence On Me Has Been Profound.

There's Something Grueling But Very Appealing About Rough, To-the-bone Material In A Low Budget Context. There's Less Between You And The Material. There Are Less People. There Is Less Time. There's Often Less Technology. You Have To Concentrate Very Intensely, And You Jump In A Little Deeper Because There's Nothing In Your Way... But There Are Challenges.

There's A Real Passing Down In The Theater, Almost Ad Nauseam. You Have To Listen To Older People Talk About Their Experience, But It Makes You Very Aware Of What Has Come Before You Or What Is Coming After You - That You're A Part Of A Link In A Chain. It's Not All About You.

Traits Like Humility, Courage, And Empathy Are Easily Overlooked - But It's Immensely Important To Find Them In Your Closest Relationships.

When You Tell People, Your World Changes, Your Identity Changes And People Treat You Differently. And Then, Not Only Do You Have To Deal With Your Own Emotional Response To What's Going On, But You Take On Everybody Else's Emotional Response.