He Loved Me. He Loves Me Not.

Most Of What Hollywood Puts Out Is Crap Anyway.

If You Don't Stick To Your Plan Enough, And You're Too Seduced By Whimsical Notions And New Ideas, You Can Kind Of Lose Your Train Of Thought And End Up With Something That Doesn't Have A Solid Through-line.

I Love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly Intense Is A Good Way Of Describing Her. Brutally Honest. Really Sharp. She's A Director For Actors. That's What She's Best At, Sitting Down With An Actor And Just Getting To The Heart Of What A Scene Is. And Getting To The Heart Of Not Just What The Scene Is And The Character Is, But What You Are, And How To Build That Bridge Between The "me" And The Character, And Those Emotions.

For Context, The Budget Of Don Jon Is About Half The Budget Of (500) Days Of Summer. And (500) Days Of Summer Is About A Third Of The Budget Of The Lowest-budget Movies Produced At A Major Studio.

Actors Didn't Use To Be Celebrities. A Hundred Years Ago, They Put The Theaters Next To The Brothels.