Sundance Film Festival

When I was a volunteer driver in 97, I remember giving John Waters a ride. He was standing outside the Egyptian at night. He waved at my Sundance-logoed Mercedes. I pulled over. He said, "Yarrow?" I nodded. He got in. I'm a fan and didn't want to come off as one. We drove in silence until maybe the Library when he asks me, "Do you know who ... Read MoreI am?" I nodded, "My girlfriend loved Johnny Depp when we were in high school. I saw Cry Baby a lot." We rode in silence some more, pulling up to the yarrow. He turns to me, "And?" I thought I'd hurt his feelings so I explained myself, "Oh, I love the film. Big Johnny Depp fan from 21 Jumpstreet days. And Willem DeFoe's cameo is hilarious. I've seen all your -" He cuts me off and says, "I meant, is she still your girlfriend? You didn't say ex-girlfriend. And you said 'we.' You might want to think about what that means about where you're at emotionally in your life." And he got out of the car and that was that.