Originally asked
The Creative Independent, to working artists, its interview series
The Creative Independent repeatedly asks working artists how they divide time between creative practice and administrative, family, or second-job obligations.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Jen Dickson-Purdy, Official London Theatre, 10 September 2012 source ↗
I would be able to shoot even more if I didn’t have the promotion and all these kinds of things to do. I would do it like Fassbinder — seven films a year — if I could. Making films is a pleasure for me.
I prefer not to compartmentalize my life.
I needed to physically be totally alone and be in a different place to get going.
I do take a break, but I’ve also got – right now, I’m writing another book, another memoir [a follow-up to his bestselling book Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir], so even though I’m on a break technically, I’ve got that. I’ve got a production company so things are always rolling. I’m always spinning a lot of plates.
Not dying before my wife and kids.
Supreme self-confidence and my wife.
I have an allotment. I’m also quite passionate about my allotment shed. Terrible season this year; no soft fruit to speak of, disappointing cabbages and my garlic got shocking rust.
My wife says she does. I’d actually have to agree, though my kids and their friends are pretty amazing too.
Most days, I’m quite flaky.
Through the winter before we tuck up at night, I always warm the bed with a hairdryer.
Ja’Tovia Gary, Leelee Kimmel, François Ozon, Alan Cumming, Ephraim Asili, Jia Tolentino
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