Excerpts from interviews with Tim Robbins
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Patrick Stoner: Hollywood is not known for its support of dark, serious, controversial films. How difficult was it to get this done?
Tim Robbins: If you are willing to do it for no money, then it's not that hard. If you're willing to work for free, it's pretty easy.
Stoner: By "no money," you mean take less than what you normally can get, I assume?
Robbins: I mean, take less than an 1/8 of what you can normally get. . . all three of us. And then use your family as much as possible. We never expected to MAKE any money on this, so - knock on wood - the reaction has been a gratifying surprise.