Mark Duplass > Quotes

“I am inspired and full of weird magic and I feel like I’m probably going to die before I get a chance to share it with the world because no one can hear me.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“We are capable of being right and wrong at any given turn in the creative process, and we need help from the smart people around us to be the best versions of ourselves we can be.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“whenever you can shoot a scene that you are still in love with due to its freshness, it has that much better of a chance to be great.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“Some thoughts on Compromise
Check your ego at the door
Make some preset rules for the dreaded impasse
Passion is King
Pay attention to the Size of Your Engine
Know When to say When

Story. Acting. 157

—Indiewood, part Hollywood part Independent. term on p. 202

The affair movie is the movie you end up thinking about when you are supposed to the writing the one to which you are assigned. 205

We had gambled on ourselves and we won. 231

A screenwriter … once described the development process as a series of small steps away from home. 240”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“We were feeling emboldened. We were feeling that indie film would take care of us if we stayed true to it. That we didn’t need Hollywood one bit. And then, because life is a strange person with many strange hats, within two weeks of this realization we were offered our first deal to write and direct a multimillion-dollar feature film with a major studio.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“A feature film is something that can save you from being broke as shit.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers

“do not stop until you’ve made an inspired five-minute short (ideally comedic, as film festivals like to program comedic shorts under five minutes). It doesn’t have to be pretty. Or polished. Or “professional.” It just has to have a spark of truth and originality to it. You’ll know it when you’ve made it. If you have to ask if it’s good enough, it’s definitely not good enough. Go make another one.”
― Mark Duplass, Like Brothers