stop. back away slowly.

growing up in sunny san diego, i loved movies. loved them. would watch a lot of them. and would watch the same ones over a over again. i used to come home from elementary school and watch star wars every single afternoon. our poor vhs tape got worn out and my parents had to buy a new copy. the durso household always had about 300 movies on video to choose from. i had my own little blockbuster growing up. in high school i still loved movies and hollywood but the idea of actually working on a movie seemed so impossible.

it was in college that i actually decided to move to LA after graduation and try a career in hollywood. my summer internships were so exciting to me but everyone i worked for seemed very wary and 'over it'. one of my little college freshmen (alright, she's all grown up now) told me today that she was moving to hollywood after graduation to try the moviemaking thing. it sort of makes me sad. and i don't know why. all i could think of was this one piece of advice a producer gave to me years ago...."only do this job if you really really can't imagine doing anything else in the entire world." luckily, even with all my complaining and bitching and aggravation, i don't think i could do any other job. for better or worse.

quote of the day
"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."