Michael Regilio

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?

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?

Because if 9 out of 10 people don't like your screenplay, it's a pretty good bet that 9 out of 10 people are not going to like your movie.

Because if 9 out of 10 people don't like your screenplay, it's a pretty good bet that 9 out of 10 people are not going to like your movie.

Because if 9 out of 10 people don't like your screenplay, it's a pretty good bet that 9 out of 10 people are not going to like your movie.

You don't support me. I feel like screenwriting requires almost... a degree of masochism. It still doesn't work. It still doesn't work. Everyone goes, oh, it's great. It's fine. Send the script out. You go, no, no, you're all lying to me. Tell me what still doesn't work. You've got to really, really kick the tires on your story and you've got to be hard on yourself.

You don't support me. I feel like screenwriting requires almost... a degree of masochism. It still doesn't work. It still doesn't work. Everyone goes, oh, it's great. It's fine. Send the script out. You go, no, no, you're all lying to me. Tell me what still doesn't work. You've got to really, really kick the tires on your story and you've got to be hard on yourself.

You don't support me. I feel like screenwriting requires almost... a degree of masochism. It still doesn't work. It still doesn't work. Everyone goes, oh, it's great. It's fine. Send the script out. You go, no, no, you're all lying to me. Tell me what still doesn't work. You've got to really, really kick the tires on your story and you've got to be hard on yourself.

You're hard on yourself so it makes everyone else's job easier. It's going to make the actor's job easier, the director's job easier. The harder you are on yourself, the better your screenplay is, the easier everyone else's job is going to be. And so you've got to... Just kick the tires on your story. People can be peevish, like people can be assholes about your story, right?

You're hard on yourself so it makes everyone else's job easier. It's going to make the actor's job easier, the director's job easier. The harder you are on yourself, the better your screenplay is, the easier everyone else's job is going to be. And so you've got to... Just kick the tires on your story. People can be peevish, like people can be assholes about your story, right?

You're hard on yourself so it makes everyone else's job easier. It's going to make the actor's job easier, the director's job easier. The harder you are on yourself, the better your screenplay is, the easier everyone else's job is going to be. And so you've got to... Just kick the tires on your story. People can be peevish, like people can be assholes about your story, right?

But you've got to suck it up. Like those are the people who are going to be sitting in your audience. Billy Wilder had a great quote where he was talking about the audience and he said, individually, they're idiots, but collectively, they're a genius. And I think that you have to respect the genius of your audience, right? Your audience is smarter than you.

But you've got to suck it up. Like those are the people who are going to be sitting in your audience. Billy Wilder had a great quote where he was talking about the audience and he said, individually, they're idiots, but collectively, they're a genius. And I think that you have to respect the genius of your audience, right? Your audience is smarter than you.

But you've got to suck it up. Like those are the people who are going to be sitting in your audience. Billy Wilder had a great quote where he was talking about the audience and he said, individually, they're idiots, but collectively, they're a genius. And I think that you have to respect the genius of your audience, right? Your audience is smarter than you.

And so you have to be humble and you have to listen to the feedback you're getting. That's what Pixar really taught me was being at Pixar and the big feedback mechanism they have there.

And so you have to be humble and you have to listen to the feedback you're getting. That's what Pixar really taught me was being at Pixar and the big feedback mechanism they have there.

And so you have to be humble and you have to listen to the feedback you're getting. That's what Pixar really taught me was being at Pixar and the big feedback mechanism they have there.

Gotta keep taking it.

Gotta keep taking it.

Gotta keep taking it.