00:00 really interested to read that you said that you've only read five scripts before that
00:04 you've said in your head that I must make these or these must be made with this when
00:08 you read it was there a kind of gut feeling in there that you know you could see yourself
00:14 in this character someone who is projected to fame and everything like that and you yourself
00:19 have found fame global fame what was the feeling there why were you so attracted.
00:23 I wasn't acting I was feeling exactly what Paul was experiencing that was my response
00:29 to the memification of so-called Nick Cage so it was personal and I want all my movies
00:38 from here on I want to try to make them as personal as I can because I want that connection
00:42 with you as I progress on this path and filmmaking it's important to me to make movies that are
00:48 in some way personal that I can do as little acting as possible and have that connection
00:55 with the audience where they can find something they can feel as truthful organic and relate
01:00 to it the movie is about dreams but it also is an interesting analysis on the subject
01:07 of fame so I might have been the first actor who woke up one morning and went online and
01:15 saw this mashup of different moments in movies that were cherry picked which were specifically
01:21 designed for freak outs and meltdowns with no regard for the first and second acts or
01:28 wherever to have it emerge where the crescendo emerge the good news is that maybe I was thinking
01:36 maybe it would compel someone to watch the movie and see how that character got there
01:43 but what also happened was it turned into a memification with photoshopping and t-shirts
01:49 and I had no reference point for it was not why I got into filmmaking this is my relationship
01:56 with that which is viral it was brand new for me and so when I read dream scenario I
02:01 thought I get it I understand how Paul feels and I can take those emotions whatever I felt
02:09 whatever however heavy I felt I could take that lead and turn it into a little bit of
02:13 gold meaning I could do something constructive with it.
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