I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that`s the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.
I learned that you can make a sci-fi film that is satisfying overseas. European people have everything in check. I`d make every sci-fi film in Europe. They only work 14 hours a day. After that, it`s overtime.
I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn`t know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them.
I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times.