Creative philosophy

The only films that I commented on in the TimeFest threads were the ones I REALLY liked. If I had a problem with a film - even if it scored high - I just let it go. Only the two or three that moved me were commented on.
 
...I started out being 100% honest - proudly so. Then gradually, working as an agent, I noticed that if you want to have clients, you MUST flatter. That's reality folks. I truly, truly wish it wasn't so, but the numbers don't lie. I've seen it with my own eyes. Of course, the result is that nobody trusts anybody in Hollywood, unless you are REAL friends (which is rare) - but it simply cannot be helped. You will damage relationships by being honest - no matter how they swear they want to hear the truth... they really don't.
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Agents lie?
 
I think that's unfortunate. Really you've hit the nail on the head... if this community can't be used to learn from each other and grow then it's not good for much of anything other than wasting time we should all be doing more important things with!

Speaking of drinking your milkshake, I think that There Will Be Blood would be a pretty fair comparison to these sorts of experiences. Some people are just born with that sense of competitiveness that overpowers everything else in their lives, and never learn to funnel that energy anywhere else. They see every other human being with similar interests as a competitor, not a potential friend or ally. And as TWBB shows, these people can sometimes become very successful just on the sheer force of their will. But I don't think they're ever really happy. I don't think they ever actually "win". Ultimately these people are insecure until the day they die.

In any case, I do think the game is a lot different for agents and actors, particularly, than it is for most other people in this game. These are people who literally will starve if they do not both impress and flatter. It's part of their job description. Do I feel special when a waitress flirts with me? No, because I know she wants a big tip.

aurant – I like your $ suggestion. Maybe I can recast with The Game in the lead role... can you get his contact info for me?
 
I'm one of the people that will bullshit when asked about a film... Why? Because, as Doug put it, I'm an actor. I'm always trying to flatter people. I guess I've gotten used to it...
 
Why not go one step further and get Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in the movie. He's got lots of Vitamin Water money to invest in your project too.

and then change the poster to say, "50 Cent is.... Caldera" Sponsored by G-Unit clothing company, Vitamin Water, and Reebok.

Sorry Curtis Jackson's phone number is unlisted but I do have the ins on his myspace account. - http://www.myspace.com/50cent -

And then you still have The Game as your safety pick.
 
In any case, I do think the game is a lot different for agents and actors, particularly, than it is for most other people in this game. These are people who literally will starve if they do not both impress and flatter. It's part of their job description.
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Nothing disgusts me more than people that dont know anything other than bullsh*tting. People that make their living doing so? Getting paid for sex turns a slut into a whore. Getting paid for lying? Not someone I want to be around.
 
Tom Marshall said:
I'm one of the people that will bullshi* when asked about a film... Why? Because, as Doug put it, I'm an actor. I'm always trying to flatter people. I guess I've gotten used to it...
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Then how come you tell me what an @sshole I am every time we go out?
 
Doug one more poster idea for you let rattle around in your brain.

Tommy Wiseau is... Caldera

With the tag line, "I did not hit her... I did Naaaaahhhht!"
 
"Lissssssaaaaaa... you're tearing this third world country apaaaart!"

I like it. I like it I like it.

I don't think that ALL agents are lying ass-kissing scumbags. But you know what they say, most stereotypes are based in reality somehow...
 
dougspice said:
I don't think that ALL agents are lying ass-kissing scumbags. But you know what they say, most stereotypes are based in reality somehow...
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ALL are lying :) most do ass-kissing :) but only a small minority are scumbags: 100% - 95% - 10%... that's how I'd stack up the numbers. Then again, actors, directors, DPs, producers, executives, lawyers, managers, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. - which ones don't lie? Exactly.
 
That's what you get when you work in an industry where it's basically impossible to quantify the merit or value of the product. Everything is the greatest, if you say it is.

Aurant... I talked to 50's people and they felt that my film might be in direct competition with the Blood In The Sand franchise to which 50 is already attached. I was worried that this might shut me off to the entire G-Unit empire, but I'll find a way!

Look for giant gold Caldera neckchains available as merch soon!
 
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