Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Charles Lane

On the latest episode Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That, Nick Dawson sits down with Charles Lane, the writer-director-actor behind the landmark indie film classic Sidewalk Stories. In a lively and frequently surprising conversation, Lane talks about such disparate subjects as how to make high-school love work (with some creative scheduling), being chased by street gangs and dinosaurs, how he copes with regret, his time as a pre-teen pyromaniac, the places one’s brain goes during a 12-minute (!) standing ovation at Cannes, becoming a Jehovah’s Witness as an act of teenage rebellion, and much more. Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That now has a Substack (https://nobodyseveraskedmethat.substa...) , so head there to check out all of our past episodes, plus subscribe to get access to exclusive audio and video content!

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