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Film Courage: Why are artists never happy?
Actor/Screenwriter/Producer/Director Blayne Weaver: Where do you start? I’ve always said that I’d rather get the joke than be just the butt of it so I’d rather get the joke and I feel like getting the joke comes with some sense of deprecation, some sense of nihilism, the irony of the world and the way it works is just a part of most artists because, especially in the Hollywood version of this I suppose, it applies to everybody actually. You’re constantly dancing for someone that isn’t really even interested in knowing there’s a show going on. You’re trying to do this thing where you meet other people to help elevate your career and to continue to work and all that stuff, how could you not be depressed? How could you not be sad when you’re constantly being told you’re not handsome enough, you’re not tall enough, you’re not funny enough, you’re not dramatic enough or in your writing you can’t do this, your scripts are too small or your scripts are too big or you don’t write dialogue that well or you don’t structure things that well. The point is everybody’s got an opinion and unfortunately as artists we are in the position of listening or being told all of those opinions. This is why I always tell young people never to read the comments because the truth is everybody in this world gets an opinion on movies, everybody does. They’re movie stars that I just don’t…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
About:
Actor/Writer/Filmmaker Blayne Weaver most recently directed the romantic comedy MISS VALENTINE and wrote the partier comedy PRETTY STONED for MTV. Other recent works include directing the holiday romance CUPID FOR CHRISTMAS for Hulu, writing & directing the horror GetAWAY and co-writing the raucous comedy AMERICAN PIE: GIRLS’ RULES for Netflix. He previously wrote, directed and starred in the Southern Noir Thriller CUT TO THE CHASE and the acclaimed romantic comedy 6 MONTH RULE (alongside Martin Starr, Natalie Morales and John Michael Higgins). Previous films he’s written and directed include WEATHER GIRL (with Tricia O’Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer and Jane Lynch) and OUTSIDE SALES. He also co-wrote and acted in MANIC (Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel), directed by Jordan Melamed, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He starred in writer/director Paul Osborne’s psychological thriller FAVOR and has appeared in such films as JUNK, DEEP DARK CANYON, OFFICIAL REJECTION and THE GOOD OLD BOYS opposite Tommy Lee Jones. His numerous episodic television credits include ER, NCIS, and THE MIDDLEMAN. He also provided the voice of Peter Pan in the Disney animated feature RETURN TO NEVER LAND. A native of Bossier City, Louisiana, Blayne has studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, Oxford University and graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. He currently runs the West Coast office of Secret Identity Pictures.
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