King of Hollywood

“I know what you want to ask, Jay, but let's just skip the question and go straight to the next one,” Adrian said with a smile that wasn't too slow, "about the veracity of these reports, how much I believe everyone here knows, and I just want to say that some of them did if they were presented separately. ”

“Do you know what it is?” Reynolds immediately asked, taking back the initiative.

“Most American high school and college students have done things,” Adrian opened his hand very sincerely, “I don't deny these. When young people are full of rebellion, they are curious about everything that is expressly forbidden, and naturally want to try it. Frankly, this is not something to brag about. ”

“Looks like Adrian has his own idea of that life," Reynolds laughed, "and that's true, and it's certainly not something to exaggerate about when everyone has their own ego. So we come back to the formal question, and I'm sure a lot of people can't wait to ask why you want to be a director. ”

“Well... how can I put it?” Adrian grabbed his head, and this affectionate move suddenly opened the eyes of many of the audience present, "I will not repeat some things, and I'm sure you know that I had a very messy time before because of... the parents' thing. ”

“Oh, sure, that's unfortunate.” Renault nodded sympathetically, "I'm sure they'd be proud to know. ”

“Thank you," Adrian smiled, “Anyway, life is completely irregular, sometimes like walking corpses, and God knows what I would be like if Mrs. Galen hadn't taken care of me all the time. Although she is a slightly fat, chatty old lady, here I still want to say thank you! Thank you very much!"

Even Renault applauded the scene.

“Well, let's get back to it," Adrian continued after swinging his hand, "I have no idea how I woke up, and I think it's probably related to my own initiative to fix the headlights. ”

“Fixing bedside lights?” Renault seemed a little strange, and the audience was hung up.

“Yes, I can still remember coming home drunk that night, wanting to fix it with my own hands because the headlights were broken - you know, people couldn't make the right decision when they were drunk - and anyway, I had to swing the headlights without looking for any tools, and not to mention, I had electric shock. ”

A few whispers came from the audience, and Renault couldn't help but open his eyes and say, “Are you serious? ”

“Or do you think a drunk can fix the headlights smoothly, Jay?” Adrian looked back at him and asked.

“Okay, so...” Renault yanked his hands, “What's next? ”

“Nothing happened, I fell into bed, I didn't get up until dawn," Adrian revealed his mind, “and then I thought I should do something, think about it, think about making a movie. ”

“Wait, are you trying to say that the idea of making a movie because of electric shock, is that it?” Reynolds couldn't believe looking at Adrian, and the words asked in surprise.

“If you want to understand this, I think it's incredible. When I woke up and I was in a trance all morning, I suddenly felt like I couldn't do this anymore. I had to do something, so I did it.” Adrian, open your hands.

“Well, it is... incredible, or are you trying to tell us that fixing headlights can make us decide when we want to change our lives and don't have the courage to change?” Renault half-joked and half-joked.

The audience laughed.

“I didn't say that, I couldn't be sure that my change had anything to do with this, maybe, maybe just by chance," Adrian shrugged, "but I really hope not, and I don't want to be invited to the National Academy of Sciences after the show to collaborate on research. ”

How can we make something so absurd and so real less credible when the scene suddenly laughs again? It's okay to tell jokes in front of other people.

“Well, let's move on to the next question," Renault made a gesture, "and we all know you didn't have any film experience before Two Big Smoke Guns, so how did you make it? ”

“In fact, I love to read books," Adrian showed his expression of thought, "I like to read stories, whether they are creepy, joyful or sad, to be exact. Every time I read a wonderful story, I have an unspeakable feeling, like eating good food and hearing wonderful melodies. ”

“Like it resonated?” Reynolds interjected.

“No, that shouldn't be the case, I think it might be better to use the word" enjoy ".” Adrian shook his head, "the most basic thing about the movie was storytelling, and I had written some stories before, so I started trying to write several screenplays and sent them out, and they were really bought by the movie companies. This gave me a lot of confidence, but also aroused the idea of making my own film, so I started thinking about my script as I read the book about the director. ”

“You mean while reading theoretical books and directing production?” Reynolds gave a surprised look, not only at him, but also at the audience starting to whisper.

“That's a bit of an exaggeration, as I told Haggis, I've already manipulated cameras in college, and I've filmed and made videos for fraternity parties, and if you go to Stanford's fraternity survey, you should see - if they have a collection.” Adrian explained, "So I still have some experience, plus I spent a lot of time drilling, and the subject matter is familiar to me - my grandmother was British and lived in London for a long time as a kid, and I saw the street vendors screaming and the police rushing away, yes, that's right, at the beginning of Two Big Smoke Guns. ”

Speaking of which, Adrian settled down and turned around and looked at the camera: "Of course, I would also like to thank those who have generously helped me, without them, it would not have been possible for my new recruit to complete his first film. LaVerne, who was general manager at the time, helped to reach out to friends in the UK to facilitate the show; Ted, who had to combine several assistant jobs because of financial constraints; Joseph, who helped pick characters and recruit temporary actors because the actors were angry with me; and, of course, Dan, I didn't expect the actors I found on the road to perform so well in the end! Thank you and thank you for your help! ”

On the scene, a warm round of applause sounded.

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