Justine Bateman
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210 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
Justine Bateman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then how people democratize the seeking of fame. And they started quantifying people's value instead of qualifying it, you know, instead of qualifying it by saying, oh, this person's a beautiful violinist and they do good for others or I don't know, however they're qualifying it. And they start quantifying it by saying, oh, you have X number of followers or retweets or whatever.
Well, when you think about it, you used to just be who was going to know about you if you were doing anything? I mean, unless you were on national television or in a movie or in a political arena, how would anyone know if you're in Boise, Idaho or wherever? Like, how is anyone going to know whatever you're doing? It's social media, really. Completely change that.
You can be anybody, anywhere, and suddenly you're a huge hit doing something. Maybe it is of great value, and maybe it's great because, oh, we found you, and otherwise we wouldn't have known about you over there in Boise, Idaho. But for a lot of people, it's just...
I think they almost divest themselves of the seeking of their true gifts and talents in favor of the possibility of becoming famous, if only for a day, by tweeting something that got everybody angry or something. And I think that's a shame only because...
we then don't get to find out, if they're spending so much energy doing that, then we don't get to find out what their true skills and talents are. And as a society, we miss out.
I was definitely raised amongst taste. You know, good comedy, good films, good lighting.
Proper lighting. Definitely around taste.
Go ahead. My camera is stable. I am at eye level. I have, you know, I have lighting on myself. Yeah. I don't want to get, I don't want to have to critique myself.
Or backlit. Think it through. Look at your frame before you start recording. It's easy enough to turn yourself around so the window is behind your camera and the light is on you, right?
And think about it. They are looking at themselves while they record it. So it's not that they're aware. And then they are posting it. So they looked at it before they posted it. I mean, there's just, I don't know where to start. You can see what you're doing.
Yeah, that is what they're going to do. Yeah.
Yeah, and I just, I can't stand that.
Yeah, but new things. I'm saying, like, yeah, you're going to see a lot of, you know, discomfort and destruction here, but awesome things. Like, I've just made two films that are of that flavor, of the new, this new genre. And these are the kinds of films we're trying to pick for the Credo 23 Film Festival as well.
You know, no AI, and also, like, we're looking for, like, kind of fresh looks at things. Because the shame of it is that a lot of, you know, we don't have a lot of new filmmakers doing new things because they look at sort of the landscape, the professional landscape, like what kinds of things are they going to be hired to do?
And a lot of the new films you'll see look like auditions in order to get, in order to direct content, which is not filmmaking. And I really encourage if there are any filmmakers listening to this, like do what you know you're supposed to do.
Otherwise you won't be on your path and none of us will be able, you know, something is supposed to come through you and you're going to be eliminating the possibility of us enjoying that. You've got to do what you know you're supposed to do. And, Don't worry. You'll be able to make a living. If you're on your right path, you'll be able to make a living. Don't be afraid.
But Drew, there's an interesting thing there. So, yes, what you just said also ties into, you know, in biblical times, in New Testament, you know, the Pharisees were like not wanting, you know, because everything Jesus was saying took away their professional positions, right? Yes. So what we have here is ties into some of the stuff you're bringing up about fame. It ties into like, God damn it.
I want to be famous. God damn it. I want to shine. I want to be out there. I want to I want people to notice me. What if I'm just invisible? What if I'm just nothing in Boise, Idaho? Nobody's ever going to see anything that I ever do. What if I don't matter? And then seeing that there are some people that, I mean, this is just how it is. There's nothing you can do about it.
There's some people that are gifted at organizing. There are people that are gifted at filmmaking. There are people that are gifted at music. And if you're not, it can be very frustrating because that looks like a very easy way to become famous. But like you said, it's just a byproduct of you actually doing your skill or talent.
And so a lot of these people, it was it was a very special in L.A., a very heavy like hall monitor presence. Debbie Downer, hall monitor, party pooper. You know, well, if I'm not going to let you I don't I want everybody who's going to have a party. Just shut up. You can't do it. And I'm going to call you out if you do it. Nobody can make anything new.
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