Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Amy Miller

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian filmmaker Amy Miller.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Amy Miller

Amy Miller is a Canadian writer and filmmaker based in Montreal, Quebec. She attended Carleton University in Ottawa. Previously a union organizer, she started making films in 2007. Her documentaries include Myths for Profit (2009), The Carbon Rush (2012), No Land No Food No Life (2013), Tomorrow's Power (2017) and Gaza: Health Under Siege (2018). She founded the production company Wide Open Exposure.

That's a really common trap that people in small scenes will start to rely on. They'll have all this material joking about that place, and then take a trip to Atlanta or whatever, and be like, "Half my act is gone because I can't talk about how everybody has a bicycle."
Small towns and local publications love to have a hero of some kind. For Portland, it's definitely Ian Karmel and Ron Funches, but every year now they're looking for that person. If you know they're looking for it, then you could just try to insert yourself into that position, and it's much easier than if you're in a bigger town.
In L.A., there could be a million delusional comedians or actors and they all blend in together and no one is ever like, "You're living a lie." But if you're in a small town and you're like, "I'm the funniest person here," but you're not that good, everyone's going to notice and call you out on it.
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