The one downside I've found to being a filmmaker is how long you have to live with your work. This may sound strange, but it's just the way I'm built.
Once I'm done with a project...I'm done.
I'd much rather prefer to hand it off to someone to make of it what they will, while I'm off to pursue the next project. The reality is that a short film I made 5 years ago (though it was very personal to me, and I'm extremely proud of it) still has life and an audience.
And as cool as it is knowing that something you created will be playing on television, it's hard for me to get too excited about "that old thing". I wish I wasn't like this. I wish I could continue to be enthusiastic about my own work for years to come. But the reality is; I'm less interested in receiving accolades for the things I do and more interested in actually doing things.
I want more doing.
I guess it is nice to know that your work lives on...for posterity.
But for now I must get back to work!
write, write, write, write, write.
Now I just need to finish.
-D
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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