- I was in Moscow when the coup happened. I saw how galvanized people were by the hope of change, and how they were not afraid to risk their lives as much as they were afraid of having nothing worth risking them for. I found the same spirit among American "at-risk" high school students-bored, under-challenged, yearning for something worthwhile. I say let's talk about stuff that matters. Peoples' lives depend on it, our souls depend on it.
- The reason I made "Laundry and Tosca" is not because I am particularly interested in documentaries or in short films or even in opera, for that matter. What I found was that Marcia's story intrigued people because they want to believe in the power of taking a risk for something important and then staying the course. This is what leads to an abundant life, not arriving at some superficially defined "success."
- I am convinced that audiences are widely underestimated. They want a range of work-from entertainment to challenge to inspiration-but we continue to give them the same old insipid, useless material, claiming that it's what they really want. What about when their lives are fractured by suffering and grief, or transformed by true love? Do you think some cartoonish, meaningless tripe is going to resonate?
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