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“I Am A Nobody Filmmaker”

» “I Am A Nobody Filmmaker”

Hell yes, this fella has the right idea:

What baker bakes one loaf of bread and asks for thousands of dollars to open a bakery? What architect designs one home and expects to have thousands of fans on Facebook? None. It’s ludicrous. As a nobody filmmaker, I have come to realize that I need to earn my right to ask people for their time and money. And the way to do that is by consistently making films, plain-and-simple…

Coming to grips with my nobody-ness as a filmmaker has set me straight in many ways. Rather than attempt to make a great film and attain thousands of fans, my focus now is to continually make the very best films I can within my means.

Make what you can with what you have. Keep doing it.

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   Sometimes I think we’d be better off if more people felt like a nobody instead of always feeling like they are someone...

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   This is pretty much our belief as well.

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