There's no excuse not to make films on weekends with friends. Mark Duplass More Quotes by Mark Duplass More Quotes From Mark Duplass Just being able to make exactly what I want with my brother and a lot of my best friend and to have a place like HBO that not only lets you do that, but supports you and puts up billboards in support of it, and really puts it out there for you. That's not something I get a lot in the independent film world where everybody's pinching pennies and nervous about whether it's going to make money or not. Mark Duplass hbo independent brother I really believe in constantly trying to find and support new ways of watching independent art, because the old ways are not working as well. Mark Duplass independent believe art Going to the theater, spending tons of money, people are losing money doing that. I'm really interested in my kinds of movies being seen as many people as possible on a TV. 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Mark Duplass decision talking mean We work in this cave, and we speak to each other sort of subconsciously and with like, weird cues and tangential brother speak, but it really comes down to if you are the person who is moving amongst the actors and talking to people more, the other one can have a little more time to really watch. Mark Duplass brother talking moving Most directors do work in pairs. There's usually some form of this, sometimes it literally comes down to you both show up in the morning and one of you is like, "I'm a little tired and overwhelmed today, so I might need you to just be a little step ahead of me and speak with more confidence because I'm not quite there." So, there's quite a bit of that in other teams. Mark Duplass tired team morning I like being nostalgic and maybe crying a little bit. Mark Duplass nostalgic cry littles My favorite thing to do is put my headphones on and cruise around the old neighborhoods. 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Mark Duplass deep some think woods If you're locked to the words on the script, as good as those scripted words are, if you didn't have the time to rehearse them correctly or if the perceived dynamic between the actors is different from what the writer imagined, and you're not allowed to stray from that, you're going to have a stilted scene. Mark Duplass words good you time I'm not someone who feels that unless I am anxious or depressed, there will be no creative drive. My greatest desire in the world is that my desperation goes away, and I can be happy. Mark Duplass be-happy i-am happy world I think 'Cyrus' has a lot of fat in it. It was a $7 million movie. If you're going to make a movie with famous people, you don't necessarily need to spend 7 million dollars. Make it for less than that, and you'll be able to sell it and make a ton more than that, and everybody shares the profits. Mark Duplass fat think you people When we saw the first cut of 'Wild Wild Country,' it was like, Wow. 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