The public needs art - and it is the responsibility of a 'self-proclaimed artist' to realize that the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art for a few and ignore the masses.
“To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.”
“You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.”