Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American actor, author, director, producer, screenwriter and journalist. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 July 1957
CityPalm Springs, CA
CountryUnited States of America
billy wilder
Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'
dad side whimsical
The whimsical side of my dad really comes through in this movie.
commercial guy liked orlando together
Orlando was the first guy I thought of because we'd done a commercial together and I just liked him -- every take was different.
along beginning defining life success
Orlando's character, at the beginning of the movie, is defining success and failure. But then life comes along and trumps that.
guys talked
Ashton was one of the guys I talked to who I really liked.
believe happened later oddly people personal stuff wondered
The thing was always, as every story you write has a built-in problem, was: Was it too personal. That was the thing I wondered about for a long time. Oddly enough, it's often the personal stuff that people come up to you later and say about it, 'I can't believe you put that in a movie. That happened to me.' And sometimes, the thing that you make up happened to no one.
short
I wanted it to feel like a short story, but it's a long short story,
knew personal
This is a personal movie that I knew I had to come here to make,
free gets nobody
nobody gets a free ride. And nobody should get a free ride.
along love music words
Music is such an inspiration to me. I love it when it completes a story, along with the words and image,
journey leads music road
Music is like the other person in this film and it's really important for Orlando's character. It leads him on his journey and is with him on his road trip.
faces fortunate great helped loved manner music seeing work
I was fortunate to work with actors who loved music too. Just seeing what it would do to their manner and their faces was great and it helped give the story a little more soul.
mature maturity
She's an old soul. You will find her to be one of the more mature 23-year-olds on the planet.
dad learned loves married mom susan talking
She loves Susan Sarandon and I know my dad (would have loved) being married to Susan Sarandon, ... Susan said she learned more about how to play the part from talking to my mom than to me.