I Discovered That Magic Tricks Got Me

If You Ever Saw All That Jazz [1979], Bob Fosse Was Kind Of Raised Dancing In Strip Joints And The Whole Era Of Burlesque, And That Form Ran His Visual Aesthetic, The Pacing And Rhythm Of What He Did.

For Me To Grow, I Have To Know About The Foundation That Came Before.

You Lose Your Sense Of Wonder The More You Learn, Right? When You Go To Film School And Learn About Moviemaking, You Go To See Movies And Then Only See Where The Lights Are, Where The Cuts Are, Watching It From A Technical Basis, Nodding Your Head, "oh, That Was Good." The Feeling Of Surprise, The Feeling Of Being Transported Is Further Away.

Watching People React, Watching People Be Inspired, Be Taken On A Journey, Forgetting Their Problems, Looking Ahead In Their Own Lives To Doing Impossible Things. That's Kind Of What Drives Me, Gives Me A Sense Of Focus.

My Uncle's House Burned Down When I Was 6 Years Old. We Got Out Safely. But Ever Since, I've Had A Nightmare Of Dying In A Fire.