The Cool Thing About My Character Was

I Think We All Have A Tendency To Feel Like, "well, What Can I Do? I Can't Influence The Government Or Politics In My Country."

I Think There Is Something Beautiful In Reveling In Sadness. The Proof Is How Beautiful Sad Songs Can Be. So I Don’t Think Being Sad Is To Be Avoided. It’s Apathy And Boredom You Want To Avoid. But Feeling Anything Is Good, I Think. Maybe That’s Sadistic Of Me.

I Knew That If I Wanted To Really Maintain Control, I Would Have To Keep The Budget Down. And I Did. And I Feel Very Fortunate That - Y'know, This Movie [don Jon] - Frame For Frame, Line For Line - Is Exactly What I Wanted It To Be. Nobody Made Me Change Anything.

For Context, The Budget Of Don Jon Is About Half The Budget Of (500) Days Of Summer. And (500) Days Of Summer Is About A Third Of The Budget Of The Lowest-budget Movies Produced At A Major Studio.

I Think Any Time You Set Out To Make Something, Anybody Is Going To Be Confronted By Those Voices In Their Head That Say "you Don't Need To Do This. Someone Else Can Do This Better. You Should Probably Just Quit Right Now."