It Takes Foolish Faith To Get A Movie Made by Barney Cheng
Film Courage: Barney when writing BABY STEPS, how confident were you that this movie would be made?
Writer/Director/Actor/Producer, Barney Cheng: I wasn’t really focusing on getting it made. I kept using this metaphor…not metaphor…but the reference “You are a fool!” You keep marching foolishly without thinking about what is going to happen. You just keep marching. I knew it would be made one day. There were times when I almost gave up but I didn’t. Having that faith (foolish faith) for some reason just kept me going.
I remember one time after a year of fundraising and casting we were going nowhere. The producer I was working with left the project. She spent a year with me and we were going nowhere. Even after having raised about $300,000 she left the project. And I was like “What do I do now?” I was…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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