Ruminations of a Self-Funded Filmmaker

When you first get to Hollywood, everyone around you is trying to tell you the rules. And if you’re new in town, it only makes sense to listen to them… If I went on a hiking expedition in the Himalayas and a local guide told me not to wear my backpack in a certain way, I’d listen to him. Why? Because he lives on the mountain, he’s a local expert and if he tells me the rules of mountain climbing, I’m going to fucking listen to him. Why should it be any different in Hollywood? I’m new in town, these agents and managers and producers have all been here a while, I should listen to them, right? Wrong. After a few years here, you realize that the film business is nothing like mountain climbing - there are no rules.