"It's not a meritocracy..."

"It's not a meritocracy, you learn that very quickly. It's a business. It's really a business. And the most talented people don't always get to do the things that they should get to do." (Sarah Paulson)

Living/Acting "intimacy"

why Sarah Paulson loves acting

Shonda Rhimes' hum

"The hum is the electricity that comes from being excited by life." (Shonda Rhimes' TED talk)

Prep you pitch...

...through fast delivery, and against loud music.
apud Shonda Rhimes

Screenwriter at work in real time!

Emily Carmichael

Josh Locy on facing obstacles

"Every stage of [filmmaking] is a new challenge and a fresh experience, even from the beginning of getting people to read the script. That's hard. Getting them to read and understand it, that's hard. Getting them to see the vision of the film is hard. Then you go to finding a location, having the guy bail on you the day before, that's hard. Having people who you want to be in the movie who don't want to be in the movie, that's hard. The sun's dropping in the sky. That's hard. Everything is hard, but it's all rewarding. Everything is worth it. You have to just find new ways to solve old problems, and you have to keep pushing. No one's going to make your movie for you. You're the only one who has that spark. It starts with a spark that turns into a flame. You're the only one that has it. You've got to push." (NoFilmSchool interview on his film "Hunter-Gatherer")

A Film's Resurrection

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s THE CURRENT WAR