Cameron Crowe

Welcome to All There Is.

Wherever you are in the world and in your grief, I'm glad you're here.

You're not alone.

My guest is Cameron Crowe.

He wrote and directed amazing movies like Say Anything, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky.

He wrote the screenplay for Fast Times at Ridgemont High and also wrote and directed Almost Famous.

He got an Academy Award for the screenplay for that film, which is based on his experiences as the youngest contributor ever for Rolling Stone magazine.

It's an amazing story.

Cameron graduated high school at 15 and started writing for Rolling Stone, interviewing rock legends like Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, The Who, and a lot of others.

He's now written a memoir about his childhood called The Uncool.

It's a great read.

And as soon as I finished it, I knew I wanted to speak with him for this podcast.

Cameron experienced loss early on.

He was just 10 when one of his two sisters, Kathy, died by suicide.

She was 19.

That's where we began our conversation.

When you were growing up, after your sister Kathy's suicide, in your family, was it talked about?

At one point, you did have a conversation with your mom.

You tried.

Which were very brutal.