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Parry Shen and the cast of "The New Guy".
Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures. |
DENNIS:
Let’s do a little word play.
I’ll say a few words and you give
me the Parry Shen definition of these words:
PARRY:
LOVE:
Love is something that if you didn't have or know about,
you wouldn't
be the person that you are.
SEX:
Recreation as opposed to "Making love".
HOLLYWOOD:
Hollywood
is a magazine article brought
to life. Someone's
materialistic fabrication come true.
SUCCESS:
Driven.
BRITNEY
SPEARS: My
duet partner in the car when I sing along to her songs.
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DENNIS:
I read in your bio that you also enjoy doing
some video production work which leads me to believe
that you probably want to direct.
Do you have a role model may it be an actor
or a director?
PARRY:
For awhile it has been James Cameron.
This guy knows what he wants and
he does it all.
Storyboards, writing, directing...he can't
be bothered with anyone to mess with what he really
knows he wants.
Totally believes
in the "Too many cooks in the kitchen" theory.
DENNIS:
Do you plan to make an Indie movie anytime
soon?
PARRY:
Sometime next year.
I’ve been writing a screenplay for the past
year and a half which I submitted to
a competition for projectgreenlight.com (a Website
by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Moore that feature
and have competition for screenplays and filmmakers),
it made the first 250 out of 7,000 entries.
Now I’m fixing it up.
I also paid close attention to
how Justin made "BLT". He
directed, produced and wrote it all.
So,
hopefully after
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“The
New Guy” and “Better Luck Tomorrow”, we’ll see what happens.
Hopefully, I'll be received well and have a studio
help me make it but if not then I'll start bouncing around
and find some other way with private investors.
DENNIS:
Any final words for your fans?
PARRY: Having
a dream is not enough.
There are so many talkers and not enough
doers. If not
now, then when? Take
it in small chunks everyday that gear towards your larger
goal. The guy
who's persistent and works
hard will win out every time.
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