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My guest today is Paul Rogers who is an award-winning film editor. His work on Everything, Everywhere All At Once recently won him an Oscar. But the epicenter of our conversation today is the speech he gave backstage after the awards:

"There's a problem in our industry that the more you kill yourself for a movie, the braver you are and that's bullsh*t. We can do our jobs and we can live our lives and the more fully we are able to live our lives and the more humanely we treat ourselves and the people around us the better we can do our jobs."

If you’ve been a long time listener to my podcast, no doubt that you’ll recognize this as something that I’ve been advocating for years already. What’s interesting is that Paul did not plan on saying this in his speech, but instead, it came out of nowhere while trying to refocus from all the awards commotion. My intuition tells me that it’s deeply connected to his values as a film editor, as a human being and how he defines work-life balance.

In this conversation, we talk about boundaries, what type of projects he would do and why, and how winning an Oscar has changed his life.

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Here's What You'll Learn:

• How Paul accidentally said a quote that went viral after the Oscars
• Paul’s different perspective about work-life balance and why it’s the best one to have
• What changed for Paul after his quote went viral
• Why Paul and his wife decided to leave their comfortable life and take a risk to make it in Hollywood
• How Paul got his start in the entertainment industry
• The short film that made Paul realize why he wanted to edit films
• Lessons Paul learned from working on the wrong projects
• What makes a work more rewarding beyond the money, credit and reputation
• What Paul looks for when hiring assistants (it’s not about the credits and past experiences)
• Paul’s view about winning awards
• What Paul believes separates creatives from AI

Useful Resources Mentioned:

Until the Quiet Comes - short film by Kahlil Joseph

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