What was it like making the leap to a relatively big-budget production with “Shes the One”?
It was the greatest thing in the world. McMullen was made with $25,000 that my father loaned to me, and this one was made with $3.5 million, which comparatively was just a mountain of money. We never thought we’d be able to spend that much money. But compared to Hollywood, you know, $3.5 million is still a really low-budget film. That kind of worked for us, because they really left us alone. I was able to get final cut, approval over cast and crew, and never had to deal with the studio. So I got to make my film the way I wanted to make it. But with the money, it just gives you more creative freedom. From a script standpoint, I was really able to open up the lives of the characters, much more so than I could even think about doing in “McMullen.” For instance, with Heather, Cameron wanted to see the character be a little bit more human, to have one scene where she’s slightly vulnerable and where we see a little bit of her pain. So the scene that came out of this conversation Cameron and
