If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line. There just isn't the material in the big-budget films. They're just trying to stamp it out to reach the broadest audience and make the most money.
Passion is gone.
I didn't find one journalist who said he'd allow another journalist to interview him. I think this is universal. There is some time in high school, where either your best friend or the clique you were in or something violated you. And we remember those experiences. That one experience specifically.