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