Diana Ossana:  "As powerful as 
the story and script were, with good parts for actors, I knew that it would take actors who were smart and brave to commit to this and go places emotionally that 
they’d never gone before -- and a director who would understand this, and who would be willing to make this challenging movie on a modest budget. I never really lost faith, but I didn’t think it would take seven years. I think I was 
more frustrated by 
the fact that people wouldn’t truly commit. 
They’d read it, 
they’d love it, 
they’d waver or anguish about it -- and 
then something that paid 
more money or whatever would come along, and 
they’d just let it go. And 
then I’d simply press on, contacting 
more directors and actors, sending it to people to read and to consider."
Interview for Brokeback Mountain