It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.
If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.
Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.
Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.
Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.
I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
If you're an artist, it's OK to put your money into your art. The advantage, in hindsight, is that you become the film, and the film becomes you; you breathe it.
I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.
When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!
I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.
I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.
When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.
With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; it is what it is. It's an adventure film.
After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep once and a while.
Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.
'The Road' was my first American film, my first film in the snow. The first of everything. So, I was jumping into it, and that was pretty grueling.
I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
Acting in TV as opposed to films is really difficult. What a film gets two months to do, we get eight days to do.
