But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don’t want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that’s a big difference. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I’ve followed or not followed, It’s landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain’t that far off. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
Ever since I’ve left, I’ve been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I’m not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I’m moving and grooving. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
I don’t see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
Maybe It’s not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don’t respect their intelligence. Eriq La Salle Read Quote
