You Can Just Do Stuff

In the words of Werner Herzog:
When I walked into their office, I saw the two of them sitting behind a huge oak desk. I remember it second by second. I stood there as they looked beyond me, waiting, as if the father had come into town with his child. The first one shouted something so abusive I immediately wiped it from my memory, while the other slapped his thigh and laughed, shouting, “Aha! The kindergarten is trying to make film nowadays!” The entire encounter lasted fifteen seconds, after which I turned and left the office, knowing full well I would have to become my own producer.
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Two days later I filled out the necessary paperwork, paid a few dollars to register the company, and founded the Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.
Highly recommend this essay: "On agency".