“Understanding suffering is the way to salvation because once you understand it, you have compassion, and the next thing you know, you are free.” Energies? Yes, they’re me. They’re me talking to me — whatever they are, no matter how bad they are. I have gone through some really tough times in the last few years and I would not wish them on anybody, but my God, my understanding of life and what is real and what is not real has expanded exponentially because of that. And my ability to understand suffering, which is a valuable thing. It’s the way to salvation because once you understand it, you have compassion, and the next thing you know, you are free. So what happened after that realization was essentially a very desperate and good energy of wanting to be loved and wanting to love and wanting to create and be admired. Is it strange to look back on your films after having had these revelations? It must be like seeing someone else entirely. I see someone who thought they we...
