Filmmaking is an area where you work a lot. And then you don't, because you're trying to get work. But when you're working, to say that it takes over your life

Filmmaking is an area where you work a lot. And then you don't, because you're trying to get work. But when you're working, to say that it takes over your life is a bit of an understatement. The director is typically putting in 18 hours a day for shoots that can last for months. The crew gets 1 day out of 7 off, but not the director (and the crews typically also work long days—overtime is rampant). It's a frigging marathon to get the footage in the can, and yet, despite nobody really liking that aspect by itself, almost without exception the end result is to want to do it again. The same is true for almost everything else surrounding the making of a film. Only the actual screenwriting is done on a relatively slow schedule. Anyway...