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We Both [with Jo Andres] Think That It Is Really Important To Our Culture That We Support All Kinds Of Music, All Kinds Of Theatre And All Kinds Of Art Because You Never Know What Moves People. We've Always Believed That There Should Be A Strong Voice Outside The Commercial World. Certainly, The Commercial World Has A Huge Place In Our Culture And We Also Support That - But, We Also Want To Support The Stuff That Lives Outside Of That.

Casting Is Everything. Getting The Person That You Imagined Is This Character And Then Seeing What They Bring To It.that's Why You Hire Them, So Why Tell Somebody First What It Is You Want? I'm More Curious To See What They Bring To It And Then Be Inspired By It And Say: "ok, What If You Tried This?" Or "what Would Happen If ... ?"

It's Always Fun To Get To Do Independent Film Because I Believe That That's The Life Blood Of Film. It's About Writers And Directors Who Truly Have Their Own Vision, And That's Hard.

I've Never Had A Grand Plan. I've Only Just Tried To Keep Open To Many Different Possibilities, Have Fun And Work With People Who Are Passionate About What They Do.

I Think Distribution Has Become A Lot Harder. With The Whole Explosion Of Digital Video, There's Just A Lot More People Making Films. Distributors Have A Lot More Choice. I Do Think There's An Audience Out There For Small Films. It's Obvious To Me What The Studios Do: They've Co-opted Independent Film. They All Have Their Independent Arm. They Can Afford To Crush The Competition.