"To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first."

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Source : " How Do You Make a Living as an Independent Filmmaker? It’s Not Easy" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. December 16, 2014.

Josephine Decker

#Artist Quotes #Risk Quotes #Pay Quotes

“I'm about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.”
“It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely fulfilled with destinations that are much closer to home and more comfortable. But if you long to keep going, then I hope you are able to follow my lead to the places I have gone. To within a whisper of your own personal perfection. To places that are sweeter because you worked so hard to arrive there. To places at the very edge of your dreams.”
“Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Bands-- enough with the crayon face-paint-- you're better than that.”
“I think the mistake a lot of people make with new media is they just focus on one thing. But any one thing - just doing podcasts or just having a website or just doing television - isn't enough anymore.”
“Music is a big part of my life. I listen to different genres, and I choose the music that will inspire the next part of my story.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'”
“Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.”

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