I put a lot of pressure on myself to get into Sundance. I turned down a lot of smaller festivals that I could have applied to not knowing that I was going to get in [to Sundance] but just believing that I would. |
It goes to show how deeply embedded homophobia and sexism are. |
It's like you're in a box. And in order to be in that box you have to be tough, you have to have a lot of money, and get a lot of girls and dominate other people. If you're not any of those things you get called 'weak' or a 'chump.' No one wants to be any of those things so they stay in this box. |
Sundance was always a milestone; it was always on mind, I'm very excited. |
Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up. |