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Leslye Headland

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Leslye Headland, born in 1981, is an active screenwriter and director in the entertainment industry. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound emotional expression, although her specific professional category is not yet clearly defined.

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“I want people to understand and recognize that when it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are. Everyone needs love. We need it like air or water. We just don't know how to get it.”

People Thinking Knows Want Needs Water Know How Air Crazy Dating Need Love

Author:Leslye Headland

“I focus on darker things or bad behavior or explicit dialogue because creatively I am more interested in my mistakes and why I made them than my good deeds and my achievements.”

Made Mistake Focus Behavior Achievement Deeds Dialogue Good Deeds My Mistakes Explicit Bad Behavior

Author:Leslye Headland

“I challenged myself to write/direct a romantic comedy. People trash talk the rom com, but it's one of the oldest cinematic genres, with stellar origins like Twentieth Century and Trouble in Paradise. I think as audiences lost their innocence, the genre lost its suspense. To create suspense, you need obstacles, so I gave my couple an obstacle that very few people ever overcome: their own behavior and their past.”

“Watching my own past heartache and experience day after day - it was gut-wrenching, cathartic, beautiful, and painful. That and shooting the film in less than a month.”

Past Beautiful Film My Own Months Painful Shooting Heartache Guts Cathartic

Author:Leslye Headland

“When it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are.”

Thinking Crazy Dating

Author:Leslye Headland

“The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people are super weird, so I like to write characters that get addicted to things, lose their minds, hurt others, put themselves in bad situations. I'm just more interested in that.”

People Thinking Writing Trying Mind Character Loses Hurt Situation Shocking Misconception Bad Situations

Author:Leslye Headland

“Don't take anything personally. You're going to come up against a lot and the best thing is to ignore it and don't let the bastards get you down and keep moving forward because you are going to be treated differently.”

Moving Down And Come Up Treated Moving Forward Best Things Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward

Author:Leslye Headland

“Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's shockingly hard.”

Made Hard Film Three Asks Names Five Benefits Female Filmmaker Google

Author:Leslye Headland

“I like to think of characters in relation to other cinematic characters.”

Thinking Character Relation Cinematic

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“I've slept with men that are unavailable, I've fallen in love with people I don't know.”

People Knows Men Fallen

Author:Leslye Headland

“I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.”

Honest Being Honest Destructive

Author:Leslye Headland

“I've been in love with my best friend and not been able to tell that person.”

Persons Able My Best Friend Been In Love

Author:Leslye Headland

“For [people] to be like "So what it's like dealing with female characters who are completely disgusting?" I don't think they are - does that make me weird? I made a very intentional choice to not care about that stuff, and go like "I don't care about it, I'm just gonna tell my truth and see what happens."”

People Thinking Doe Made Character Happens Care Choices Stuff Female Don't Care I Don't Care Disgusting Female Characters My Truth

Author:Leslye Headland

“I can't be the only person that's like, "Why am I in love with this guy just because he makes me feel bad?" I can't be the only person in the world who's had that feeling.”

World Feels Persons I Can Feelings Guy This Guy He Makes Me Feel

Author:Leslye Headland

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Born: 1981
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