Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable.
Is it not dangerous to have students study together for years, copying the same models and approximately the same path?

