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Who do you owe the biggest debt to?
JON: My twin brother first and foremost.  If we weren't doing the same exact thing at the same exact time throughout our careers, we wouldn't have the competitive drive we have now, and would probably be a little happier settling for mediocrity.
JOSH:  For real for real.

Who is getting the better jobs out of you guys?  
JOSH: The grass is always greener on the other side.
JON: And we're both allergic to grass anyway, so we try to avoid rolling around in it.

Plans for the near future?  
JON: Hmm... keep learning, keep getting better, keep working on fun projects, keep trying to mix it up.
JOSH: Keep playing with other people's money.  Try not to get pigeon-holed into the one style.  Put my car in for a major service.

Planning on heading overseas anytime soon? Would that be a good move for both your professions?  
JON: Well depends where you go I guess?  I hear the film industry in Darfur is sorta a non-issue right now... so won't be checkin that one out!  London or New York has always interested us work wise... but wherever you go, you'd have to feel that not only your work translates well to that new audience, but that you've got the right support team to succeed there.  That's a lot of elements that would need to fall into place...
JOSH: But yes, we believe it'd be a good move for both of us.  We'll keep you posted.

Would you guys like to work exclusively together as TWiN on all projects?  
JON: That's the plan... we always knew we wanted to start out individually so nobody in the TWiN equation becomes a crutch for the other.  We now have individual skill sets, individual experience and each know how to run a film set.  Bring that together, and we're twice as strong... as opposed to filling up twice the space I guess.  Then there's the 'telekinetics' which speeds things up a bit too... "What's that Josh?  Oh, he said I'm coming off sounding like a knob'.
JOSH: TWiN works, so we're looking to make it work on a much larger scale.  Maybe check back with us in a little while and see how successful we've been on that front... we could probably come up with a much more interesting hour-long talk for Semi-Permanent these days!