Aimee Steinberger

So charming

Epic

Thankyou! I’m really struggling with my perpetual nemesis of self doubt but I will fight through!

Oh man! Goodluck! That’s an excellent goal and a good reason to read this.

It’s such a good book. I really need to reread it myself this week. And honestly reading it slower is better so that you internalize it more. Goodluck at whatever you are fighting to make. ✊❤️

Photo of a page from the book WHAT TO DO WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN (AND IT'S ALWAYS YOUR TURN) featuring the header "The person who fails the most, wins"

I've been super offline lately due to migraines and eye strain 😭 BUT when my eyes let me I've been slowly working my way through the book WHAT TO DO WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN (AND IT'S ALWAYS YOUR TURN), rec'd recently by @aimeekitty.bsky.social on the Never Left podcast

That would be hilarious in context

Cool!

[dying] Bruce you’re gonna be okay

I’ll avenge you dad

Don’t worry son be good for Alfred

I’m gonna dress up like a Bat, father

I … what

I’ll fight clowns for you

A lot of blood … Am I hallucinating

Instead of getting married I will practice defusing exploding mechanical penguins I love you

Almost feels like a floral arrangement in structure! Lovely !

Thanks folks ❤️❤️❤️

Hi Bea ❤️ how you doin

(Pst, this is not a company sanctioned response and is not canon)

Cause it’s cute

I know I will triumph over this but my friends I am going through it this week. I have very little free time and the personal animatic I’m working on is complex. when I do have a moment to work on it, if my drawings aren’t immediately beautiful, I feel frustrated. I know I’m being too hard on myself

I have both of those obviously

Hi Lucy, me and my best friend are directors in animation and have always had a soft space in our heart for this film. I’ll always remember watching it for the first time in our college dorm.

today's WIP rough (Ed and Stede OFMD animatic )

That’s scary

At least like 10 people saw this man scream at me, and no one did anything. I’m glad that person spoke up for you.

Way too many stories like this. 🚮👻

If we are working together l and you need someone, I’m tall and mom-coded and I will do my best for you.

And just like… the victim doesn’t have to be a minority, let’s just protect people and let them have a voice across the board. Be an ally, speak up so there are less women like me thinking that no one will do anything when someone screams at me.

Also, if u know a man is a predator or an asshole to women, don’t let people forget, don’t talk about him lovingly, get rid of him. Don’t be like “but he’s a genius”. There’s lots of talented people out there to replace him, actually. I’m not talking about anyone in particular. ain’t that shitty.

Also in hiring situations, especially in this contracted job market… everyone is hiring their friends… be sure that’s not closing the door to equally talented and reliable people who are minority. Do what you can to put people forward.

For years I assumed that if someone was abusive to me at work that no one would support me. The man I’m talking about above continued to work at that studio for years. I’m sure I’m not the only person he was abusive to. Be braver and help women feel supported and that they can speak up. 🧵

International women’s day… honestly, listen when minorities (not just women) speak up about discrimination. Be brave enough to support them and speak up. I’ve had men scream at me at work for no reason. When I spoke up to production, they wouldn’t even let me avoid him. 🧵

It was going on one, two in the morning, and we were shooting what I felt was an important scene for me, when he makes an attempt to be quote-unquote straight, in a suit, and at the end of it he gets emotional and locks himself in the other room. And I felt like, I’m not getting what I want—I’m not happy with it. Mike was happy with it. He called me the next day and said, “I know you weren’t happy with the scene last night. Believe me, we wouldn’t have gone home if I had felt we weren’t getting it.” And then he sort of became my psychiatrist and said, “You find it difficult to be happy, don’t you? You find it difficult to enjoy things.” And I said, “Well, sometimes. Last night was about feeling too tired and not feeling I was reaching what I needed to reach for the scene.” He talked to me then about when he was making, I don’t know whether it was Virginia Woolf or The Graduate. He said, “I didn’t enjoy it for a second. I was worried about so many things.” And then he said, “You know, this is never going to happen again quite this way. You should try to allow yourself to enjoy this more. Take a minute a day, and then add a minute the next day, and another minute. Pretty soon, you’ll have hours of happiness.”

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

Thanks!

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