Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American actor, author, director, producer, screenwriter and journalist. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 July 1957
CityPalm Springs, CA
CountryUnited States of America
journey leads music road
Music is like the other person in this film and it's really important for Orlando's character. It leads him on his journey and is with him on his road trip.
believe happened later oddly people personal stuff wondered
The thing was always, as every story you write has a built-in problem, was: Was it too personal. That was the thing I wondered about for a long time. Oddly enough, it's often the personal stuff that people come up to you later and say about it, 'I can't believe you put that in a movie. That happened to me.' And sometimes, the thing that you make up happened to no one.
mix name obvious stuff tape
And yeah, she would put 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' on it. You do go for some obvious stuff when you make a mix tape because it reinvents itself.
short
I wanted it to feel like a short story, but it's a long short story,
commercial guy liked orlando together
Orlando was the first guy I thought of because we'd done a commercial together and I just liked him -- every take was different.
along beginning defining life success
Orlando's character, at the beginning of the movie, is defining success and failure. But then life comes along and trumps that.
community pay publicity size type
This is the type of publicity that a community our size just could not pay for.
knew personal
This is a personal movie that I knew I had to come here to make,
guys talked
Ashton was one of the guys I talked to who I really liked.
dad side whimsical
The whimsical side of my dad really comes through in this movie.
writing people feelings
Many people don't have an outlet for their feelings or how they can express life and not everybody in a relationship is the kind of person who wants to. But if you can write, you can find a good way to do it.
doe needs actors
That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.
song believe writing
What you believe one day isn't what you believe the next day and I think every writer secretly believes that they may never be able to do write good song or script again, but they can.
song firsts kind
I always loved song writers who wrote songs in the first person, so it's kind of like that.