-: I think it's telling a good story,
and I think I felt that as an actor.
When I am crafting a role,
I feel I'm telling the story of this character.
When I'm directing something,
I feel like I'm literally taking a story
and helping people to understand it
and helping it to unfold.
And, as a producer,
for me, it almost feels like I'm
germinating, I'm starting it.
It really does feel very empowering
to say, "Oh,
"here's an idea,"
and then to slowly make that come to life.
But, definitely, the most important part,
for me, is storytelling.
Many projects are, as I said, labors of love, so you can
think of them as something you're doing as a calling card
or something that you're doing to show people
what you're capable of as a producing organization.
But some projects need to be financed.
They need to actually make sense, financially,
and I think that's tricky.
In that same vein, it's sometimes difficult to
know in advance what an audience is gonna like and not like.
Sometimes you have a great idea and you're like,
"I would've totally watched this if I was a kid,"
and then you get it up and you send it out,
and people are like, "No, it's not right for kids."
That part is really challenging.