Is it worth leading a miserable life to create good art? Do films matter that much? Will I care when I’m 80 and on my deathbed that I made some movies, or am I going to wish I had spent more time being a good person and doing something else like helping people?
There’s a lot more where that came from: Brigitta Wagner’s interview with Joe Swanberg in the latest issue of online film journal Senses of Cinema.