ham Roux I'm an addict if I'm a man way
take your time
your delicate not delicate yes you are
I've actually been really happy you've
been clean for like two weeks right
no I've never met anyone like Jules
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how'd you survive that OD Gillette
sister
just got me thinking about how to fix
trusting their lives you know living
with the fear that at any moment they
can lose everything
especially the people that they love
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I was just reaching for something to
make it all seem meaningful if anyone
ever try to hurt you I'd kill them
you're like the sweetest guy ever most
people they're all just lost remember I
feel like you weren't proud to be my
boyfriend what you look different
I changed I'm not saying I'm in love
I'm just saying I really really like
every time I feel good I think it'll
last forever
but it doesn't
nothing in high school
last forever
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you should meet her
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euphoria I was the first script I think
that I had like raced through and there
was just like an immediate like feeling
and I was like I have to be a part of
this it's a story that follows this
group of kids trying to navigate the
world today and it's from their
perspective there is an incredible
amount of judgment sort of levied
against younger people for being on
social media and it's always sort of
perceived as this sort of narcissistic
pursuit how do you navigate this world
that's changing every day a month yeah
and I think one of the biggest hurdles
with this show is how do we create
empathy for this generation in an older
generation about the start a brand new
chapter personally writing about my own
experiences and my battles with
addiction as a teenager becomes
therapeutic in a way this show can't be
written by anyone else because it's so
personal I understand Roo and for some
reason and I can't really describe it
but she doesn't feel like a huge
departure from Who I am right which is
you would think weird for someone who
who's you know never done drugs and said
it feels very real I feel like I'm
watching a version of myself navigating
the world that kind of a young age and
I'm looking at it from almost a parental
perspective which is so strange and and
really moving I have this idea that
basically all the characters are just
like different facets of your
personality on many levels and
particularly Rouge journey end and
Jules's
there is this consistent anxiety that I
think exists in this generation that I
think informed I think the whole
filmmaking process just the way in which
we were going to light the night
exteriors the use of close-ups feel
surreal it harkens back I think to that
feeling of when you're young and you're
you're alone on a street that it's the
world feels so much bigger than you I
think another thing that's important to
mention also is like the rhythm of the
show it's always something is happening
you know like it's ever moving there's
this push and pull of it that becomes so
exciting you're going like how can we
push this how can we how can we take
this further the biggest challenge of
making anything that deals with I think
tough subjects and teenagers in general
is wanting to be sort of open about the
drugs and sex and not a shock value kind
of way of yeah I mean and I think that
there's a real responsibility that any
artist has to grapple with the highs the
lows the joy the pain and the trauma if
they're gonna put it on screen
there's so many people in this show to
care about
it's what excited me was they was the
psychological exploration and finding
the love and the empathy for the
characters there's a hopefulness to it I
had made a new best friend and for the
first time since getting out of rehab I
was feeling good about the world I think
what we wanted to create was telling a
story that's realistic and authentic and
I think that it's hard to bear it alone
deal with depression and anxiety and
being able to form friendships and be
honest with about who you are as a
person had the ability I think to change
your life it's somebody's story and
that's what you know we're really here
to do is tell people's story whoever
needs to connect with it or see it or
watch it will find their way to it and I
think that's the most beautiful thing
about this show