A British director directed 'American Beauty,' an important film about American life, and it didn't matter. What only mattered was everyone's sensibility.
Initially, I got into the business to do drama. I never really thought I would be doing sci-fi films.
Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.
I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
I never thought I'd make any money at all doing this business. Film was never even on the cards.
The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are men at the top of their game, and Jackson especially is going to change the nature of film-making.
I was never really a child actor. I was working sporadically in indie films in Pennsylvania, but I was still living at home.
When I went back home to Seattle after filming 'Dune' in Mexico, I thought, 'Did this really happen?'
Ireland's always going to be my home, but so much is filmed in L.A., so you have to spend time out here.
Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.
I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier.
I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was.
If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.
That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!
