Joel Ashton McCarthy

The worst thing you can do to an audience is to make them bored. You can make them laugh, make them cry, challenge them, or offend them but if you make boring content you are creating the biggest cinematic crime. So don't feel you have to make safe content, there is too much of that shit out there. Stand out from the crowd.
When there's so much more money on the line, people feel a lot more pressure. But there was nothing on the line; we were making a film that no one would even fund! So if we were going to do a film with no funding, then let's do a film that no one would fund! That gives a chance for a story that wouldn't be told to get out there. I thought it would be a shame if we went and put all that effort into something too safe.
Half of making films unfortunately is a bullshit political game, so I'd recommend reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, and The Art of Seduction. Both of books will make you feel sleazy for reading them, but it's important to have people want to work with you.
If nobody wants to fund our film, let's make a film that nobody would have the fucking guts to fund. (About 'Shooting The Musical)

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