By Gentle Thug Productions
1. ALWAYS film from your heart. ALWAYS...
2. Don’t put your ego in front of your work; your work is the
most important thing in the world—not you (but your work has to flow through
you to give it its uniqueness, flavor, and strength).
3. Never be afraid to take risks, and never be afraid to look
foolish.
4. No matter what you do, notice everything around you (it’s
all fodder for your work, no matter how mundane and boring it may seem).
5. Speak your truth with the loudest voice possible—and make
the rest of us listen to (and see that) voice with the work that you do.
6. Create magic in your life—and then show us how you did it
with the movies you make.
7. No one is greater
or lesser than you—you can only be considered an incredibly successful
filmmaker by the way you treated the waitress or the waiter in the last restaurant
you visited.
8. Filmmaking is communal in nature, and not a hierarchy; learn
from others, and let others learn from you.
9. The characters in your films are vital, real, and
important people—respect them and adore them.
10. The actors who play the characters in your films are
vital, real, and important people—respect and adore them.
11. The caterers who feed the actors who play the characters
in your films are vital, real, and important people—respect and adore them.
12. Everyone else who helps you to make your films are real,
vital, and important people—respect and adore them.
13. When you make a film, you should always be the Chief
Janitor—which means that you’re always responsible for cleaning up the
messes that you (and others) make.
14. When someone compliments you on the film that you’ve made,
say “thank you.”
15. When someone criticizes you on the film that you’ve made,
say “thank you.”
16. Never take a limo to your film premiere—take your own
car, take a taxi, or walk.
17. Never doubt yourself.
18. Never take yourself too seriously.
19. ALWAYS take your work seriously, and never doubt it.
20. Even if you only reach ONE person with your film—then you’re
an incredibly successful filmmaker.
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