“Well, Kevin Downes is the producer of Mom's Night Out. He was a fellow actor with me in the movie Courageous. He plays my police partner and we have been friends for several years. He came and helped me on Courageous and said 'Would you come help me on Mom's Night Out?'” YearsWellsHas BeensSaidPlayHelpingNightActorsMomPoliceFellowsPartnersProducersHelp MeCourageousKevin Author:Alex Kendrick
“Well, at the end of our movie Fireproof, we released a book that my brother Stephen and I wrote called The Love Dare. It was for couples. That book had a much larger impact than we expected. As a matter of fact, if I could use the term "overwhelmed," we were. The book went on to become a New York Times bestseller and sold over five-million copies and is now in 28 different countries and languages. So, we were blessed and just surprised at how well that did.” IfsWellsBookDifferentEndsCountryMatterFactsUseLanguageTermMillionsFiveNew YorkBrotherCoupleBlessedImpactDareExpectedMy BrotherIf I CouldCopiesOverwhelmedNew York TimesMatter Of FactDifferent CountriesLove Dare Author:Alex Kendrick
“Well, certainly, even separate from what our culture is going through, kids have different personalities and different natural bents and skill sets that they seem to come pre-programmed with. One of my two sons is very athletic. The other one is into social skills and humor.” WellsTwoDifferentSeemsKidsCultureSocialNaturalSonPersonalitySkillsAthleticSocial Skills Author:Alex Kendrick
“As you show these principles over and over , it becomes engrained into how we think. And, when your kids see that, they begin doing it to their siblings. And so we've seen that as well. Many of these aspects I already knew as a parent but, as I study them more, there are more avenues that I can apply in my own parenting and I'm seeing how my kids are watching how I (interact) with my wife and (with) each of them and I watch how they (interact) with each other.” ThinkingWellsI CanShowsKidsParentMy OwnPrinciplesWatchesStudyWifeSeeingAspectMy WifeOver ItAvenuesSibling Author:Alex Kendrick
“We also want to invest in the next generation of filmmakers. There have been hundreds of these filmmakers that have called us saying "Can we intern with you? Can we mentor under you?" And we want an opportunity to do that, as well. So, for those two reasons, we talked with our pastor and he gave us his blessing to kind of launch out and grow the movie ministry that we have.” WantWellsKindHas BeensTwoReasonNextOpportunityGrowsGenerationsBlessingFilmmakerMentorMinistryOur PastPastorNext Generation Author:Alex Kendrick
“People are looking at possibly doing some documentaries and also we have the first four films that will stay out there for the years to come. So, yeah, Sherwood Pictures will be around and my brother and I are certainly supporters of that. We can't wait to see what God does not only locally there at the church but what he has for us down the road as well.” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsDoeFilmWaitingChurchFourBrotherYeahMy BrotherSupporterDocumentariesDown The Road Author:Alex Kendrick