Your first love can stay with you for decades. So can the story you keep telling yourself about it.
Actor and filmmaker Juan Pablo Di Pace joins Chip Conley for a personal conversation about love, memory, and the past’s hold on our present. Through his film Before We Forget, he revisits a formative teenage love and explores how a memory can be both something we treasure and a wound we carry.
He shares:
- Why romanticizing the past can keep us from moving forward.
- How old videotapes brought powerful teenage emotions back to life.
- What it feels like to watch actors recreate moments from your own life.
- How unexpected friendships can become a chosen family.
- Why trusting your passion matters more than other people’s opinions.
Watch for an intimate look at first love, creative courage, and the memories that follow us into midlife.
Timestamps:
(10:08) Meet Juan Pablo Di Pace
(10:47) A Life of Travel and Creativity
(12:04) From Actor to Filmmaker
(14:23) Admission and Finding Your People
(18:47) The Story Behind Before We Forget
(24:19) Memory and Romanticizing the Past
(27:38) Turning Personal Experience Into Film
(33:13) Bringing Before We Forget to Audiences
(35:31) Playing Jesus and Being Yourself
(40:48) Advice to His Younger Self
(42:28) Follow Your Passion and Study the Greats
(45:26) The MEA Film Fest and New Friendships
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