Heaven on Wheels
Was it difficult to balance directing the film and acting in it as well? It would have been easier in some ways to just focus on directing, but I wanted to be in the trenches, understanding the scary, hard, unattainable goal of achieving the skills of roller derby. I wanted to be getting injured in there with them. I think that instead of being just a leader, there’s something different about a coach. I feel like a coach is in the dugout, they’re with the team, they’re sweating it out with them, inspiring them, motivating them to go farther. I didn’t want to be the guy who, like, owned the team and sat up in a glass box, up and away, you know? Be a sideline dictator.