R. J. Cutler Quotes

I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about.

R. J. Cutler

• Life
• Myself
• Childhood
• Transformation

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• I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Childhood