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I have an appreciation for strong women.
I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.
Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.
Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.
I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.
I think it's hard for quieter, more introverted people to get into acting.
I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.
In my short acting career, I've been in incredible relationships with incredible women.
Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.
I had gone to a Catholic prep school where everyone was rich and having kids by the time they were 30.
In ultralight backpacking, modified gear pieces come into play, like a tent you hoist with your trekking poles.
Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.
An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.
I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.
I grew up in a small, old-school Catholic world, imprinted with an above-average number of categories and judgments.
It is very common for people to come up to the cast members and say, 'Our family is OK now because of 'Transparent.''
The idea that a lot of sons marry their mothers subconsciously, which I have done in my own life, was interesting to explore.
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.
The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"
My wife is a social worker and a feminist, and it feels natural to me to have these relationships with these powerhouse women that I have had.
We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film.
If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access.
Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.
I had to live on $17,000 a year until I was 33, because I was a failed artist until I was 29, when I made my first short film that went to Sundance.
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.
Ultralight backpackers do some stupid stuff, like instead of bringing a toothbrush, you saw one off right below the bristles and just carry the head.
I think it's rare for anyone that a really accomplished, amazing director calls you up and says, 'I want to make a movie around you, and I want it to be this.'
From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger democracy, and a better world.
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.
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.
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.
Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don't know, I don't seem to have those barriers.
You can be a lot more subtle on TV, which is funny because I feel like TV is known for being the opposite of that. The thing we experience in life is that things are not overly dramatic, and things often happen in really small ways.
I always tell young filmmakers, don't go make a feature. Make a short. When you're ready to make a feature, people will tell you. Your friends will tell you. Your fans will tell you. Festivals will tell you. Listen to your audience.
It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations, and then there's a two-year-old in the scene, and all that stuff - you know, there's a lot of kids in scenes.
When you grow up in New Orleans, like, the only way to be an artist is to be a 55-year-old black musician. That's basically what we wanted to be. If you had asked me very truthfully what I wanted to be when I was 16, the answer would've been, 'I want to be a 55-year-old black musician.'
Breakups usually don't happen down by the river with beautiful lighting. The moment you realize your relationship may be over might happen in Aisle 11 of Rite-Aid and the person you're with has disregarded your feelings and your needs by bringing you the wrong toothbrush again for the fourth time.
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.
The first 600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, before you get into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is heavy on desert. One of the things I carry with me in the desert is an umbrella. People think that's insane. It has a shiny top to it, so it looks totally ridiculous, but the difference can be 20 degrees.