What challenges me is this - I want to walk out of a film with the experience of having done a film, not with a feeling that I have sleepwalked through it.
My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.
I have a production company called Home Theater Films which makes faith-based films.
I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death.
A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume.
I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?
A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
I've done about four deaths in films now, and I think it's quite good because then it's sort of a memorable moment in the film.
The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it even started but that is just the way the cookie crumbles.
There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.
A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving.
James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.
I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas.
I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.
I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.
I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.
When you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway.
I am a big scaredy-cat; horror films terrify me.
