Screenwriting 101: Diablo Cody
“I didn’t really look at it as teen-speak but more like weirdo language! Ellen Page just presents it in such a saucy way, too, and I’m kind…
“I didn’t really look at it as teen-speak but more like weirdo language! Ellen Page just presents it in such a saucy way, too, and I’m kind of immature myself and although this sounds kind of cheesy, being on the internet a lot, as I am, I’m actually obsessed with it to the point I’m undergoing hypnosis to cure my internet addiction — I’ll spend 19 hours a day on the internet if you let me. Because of that, you get immersed in the youth vernacular. Every week I learn some new word the kids are saying and I try to integrate it into my vocabulary like some pathetic old person!”
— Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body)
Originally posted November 2009.
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