Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from DAY One at East WEST. That's the REASON we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just FULFILLING the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
Read MoreFor me, GROWING up in a ridiculously POOR FAMILY living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he STOOD for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
Read MorePeople who supported Obama FELT like they formed a RELATIONSHIP, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign WORKED and the way he's worked during his first TERM is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people RELATE to him.
Read MoreOne must do no VIOLENCE to NATURE, nor MODEL it in CONFORMITY to any blindly formed chimera.
Read MoreI made a series set in India that was more of a conventional fishing show. The FISH were very uncooperative, so we were casting AROUND for other bits of local color. We HEARD local stories of something pulling people into the water. They called it the Kali man-eater. We did a BIT of a feature on this, and if FORMED part of that series.
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