CHAPTER I: DAMAGE
I almost passed out on the first day shooting American Fiction. I had 70 people staring at me asking me what to do. I was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. I thought, “If I screw this up, will I ever be allowed to do this again?” I had to go to the bathroom because I was seeing spots and didn’t want to black out in front of the entire team. That’s one way to lose your cast and crew pretty quickly! I went to the restroom and did some breathing exercises. It really was absolute panic and terror.