"Living the dream," is something I say to my friends when we've been working sixteen hours on set and feel like shit, wondering what the hell we got into the movie business for in the first place.
"How are you doing?" someone asks me. As I bend over and pick up a heavy-ass hundred pounds of lighting cable and throw it over my shoulder, thinking about how it's probably going to give me spinal disk degeneration, the only answer is that I'm "living the dream."
Money is just paper. I put value on experiences instead. Decided a while ago to quit trying to accumulate things. They just weigh me down.
I live in Los Angeles most of the year, well most of last year. I'm in Bangkok now.
I try to live my life like it's about to be over. No regrets if I die tomorrow. No interest in slaving away for some corporate behemoth. I work a few months and take off for the same.
I do a lot of different things, go a lot of different places. I take advantage of the system when I can, and I enjoy the thrill of danger. Sometimes wonder what I'm doing here.
When I go on vacation I like to go really far away for a really long time, preferably a third world country. When I get there I want to learn something, do something physical, not just lay around on some boring beach.
I can't stand cars and traffic. And I especially can't stand people who can't stop talking about their cars. Blechh. I don't even own one. Never again.
Adrenaline is my drug of choice.
My personal site: www.bangkokgaffer.com
Here's a video I directed, shot, edited: Magdalen
And another one I shot with a different director: Freakshow
And this one I just shot the live action part: Win or Lose
Finally, this is the first video I shot in Bangkok.: Talk Shit
