The A24 Podcast Extreme Personalities with Emma Stone & Julio Torres
Mar 6, 2024
Topics include wrinkle passports, Kim's Video of 90s El Salvador, teenage obsessions with Marie Antoinette, never-aired SNL sketches, filming Problemista, childhood toys, and questioning chaos in art.
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Advertising Degree Led To New York
- Julio took an associate degree in advertising in El Salvador, then worked briefly in copywriting before reapplying to New School.
- Good grades in that program helped him win a large scholarship and move to New York as a 21-year-old freshman.
Channel OCD Into Structured Learning
- Julio used OCD-driven rules (like renting four movies by category) as a deliberate education method.
- He turned compulsions into structured learning that broadened his cinematic knowledge.
Chocolate Samples Beat Door-to-Door Sales
- Julio's favorite short-term job was handing out free chocolate samples at Fairway; he found it relaxing and positive.
- He only had to photograph himself behind the table daily to prove he worked and get paid.