Michael Regilio

I love being part of the community of movies. And I just want to be part of that, however it is. It was about six months later that I finally sold Ole Miss Sunshine. Wow. Wow. It's hard, right?

You think Gwyneth goes to Target? I don't think so.

You think Gwyneth goes to Target? I don't think so.

You think Gwyneth goes to Target? I don't think so.

I thought a lot about this because I feel like when you are a young person, what you're, one of the things you're choosing is you're choosing to enter a field and that field is going to represent your values, right? So if you want to be a Marine, you go off and join the Marines, right? And you go from being a civilian, you become a Marine, right? Or if you want to be a Buddhist monk, right?

I thought a lot about this because I feel like when you are a young person, what you're, one of the things you're choosing is you're choosing to enter a field and that field is going to represent your values, right? So if you want to be a Marine, you go off and join the Marines, right? And you go from being a civilian, you become a Marine, right? Or if you want to be a Buddhist monk, right?

I thought a lot about this because I feel like when you are a young person, what you're, one of the things you're choosing is you're choosing to enter a field and that field is going to represent your values, right? So if you want to be a Marine, you go off and join the Marines, right? And you go from being a civilian, you become a Marine, right? Or if you want to be a Buddhist monk, right?

You go off and join a monastery. That institutional monastery is going to change you into the sort of the ideal of Buddhism, like, or the ideal of being a Marine or the ideal of whatever, right? And so when I chose to be a screenwriter, it's not just that you're trying to get movies made and make money and be a success, you're also just joining a community.

You go off and join a monastery. That institutional monastery is going to change you into the sort of the ideal of Buddhism, like, or the ideal of being a Marine or the ideal of whatever, right? And so when I chose to be a screenwriter, it's not just that you're trying to get movies made and make money and be a success, you're also just joining a community.

You go off and join a monastery. That institutional monastery is going to change you into the sort of the ideal of Buddhism, like, or the ideal of being a Marine or the ideal of whatever, right? And so when I chose to be a screenwriter, it's not just that you're trying to get movies made and make money and be a success, you're also just joining a community.

And you're finding people who share your values, share your interests. I think that if I hadn't ended up being a screenwriter, I would have been a development executive, I would have been a producer, I would have been something else, maybe a, I don't know, work as an editor or something like that. I would have done something just because I love filmmaking so much.

And you're finding people who share your values, share your interests. I think that if I hadn't ended up being a screenwriter, I would have been a development executive, I would have been a producer, I would have been something else, maybe a, I don't know, work as an editor or something like that. I would have done something just because I love filmmaking so much.

And you're finding people who share your values, share your interests. I think that if I hadn't ended up being a screenwriter, I would have been a development executive, I would have been a producer, I would have been something else, maybe a, I don't know, work as an editor or something like that. I would have done something just because I love filmmaking so much.

Yeah, I feel like I've been very, very lucky. And I think you have to acknowledge that luck plays an enormous role in whether you're able to break through or not. So, I mean, I was very persistent. I worked for 10 years. I failed a lot, you know, 10 years of failure and disappointment. But I also felt like I was very...

Yeah, I feel like I've been very, very lucky. And I think you have to acknowledge that luck plays an enormous role in whether you're able to break through or not. So, I mean, I was very persistent. I worked for 10 years. I failed a lot, you know, 10 years of failure and disappointment. But I also felt like I was very...

Yeah, I feel like I've been very, very lucky. And I think you have to acknowledge that luck plays an enormous role in whether you're able to break through or not. So, I mean, I was very persistent. I worked for 10 years. I failed a lot, you know, 10 years of failure and disappointment. But I also felt like I was very...

deliberate in doing due diligence on all my screenplays and trying to figure out like, does this work or not? And, you know, I wrote a hundred drafts of Little Miss Sunshine, like trying to get it to a point where it was going to work massive and overwhelming force. Like there was no way you can say no to the screenplay. So it's a big risk.

deliberate in doing due diligence on all my screenplays and trying to figure out like, does this work or not? And, you know, I wrote a hundred drafts of Little Miss Sunshine, like trying to get it to a point where it was going to work massive and overwhelming force. Like there was no way you can say no to the screenplay. So it's a big risk.

deliberate in doing due diligence on all my screenplays and trying to figure out like, does this work or not? And, you know, I wrote a hundred drafts of Little Miss Sunshine, like trying to get it to a point where it was going to work massive and overwhelming force. Like there was no way you can say no to the screenplay. So it's a big risk.

You kind of jump off a cliff, but I also feel like I did it in a very methodical or kind of cautious way. I feel like no one's going to be helped by putting another mediocre screenplay out in the world. And you've got to be hard on yourself. You've got to be hard on your own material. You've got to let it be judged by other people. And you've got to accept their judgments, right?