I Was Kind Of Scared Of Failing

There's This Phenomenon Where People Do Like To Announce Movies That They Think I'm Doing That I'm Not.

I Wanted To Do Serious Movies. I Had A Certain Idea Of What Good Acting Was. That's Since Changed, And I Love Doing Comedies Now. I Don't Like A Lot Of Those Movies Now, But I Thought Those Were Movies That I Could Do Real, Serious Performances In.

When I Went To Film School About Three Years Ago, The First Two Years You're Required To Make A Series Of Short Films. I Started Making Films Based On Short Poems.

I Felt, Implicitly, Or Not So Implicitly, That Subjects About Women And Other Races Were Out Of My Jurisdiction As A Creator. That If I Moved Too Far From My Own Experience, And My Own Established Identity, I Would Be Criticized For Taking Even More Of Those Wedding Pies From Others.

Generally You Don't Initiate The Projects - They're Designed And You're Inserted. Your Material Is Edited By Somebody. You Feel A Lack Of Power Over Your Work.