I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge.
When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.
Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients.
'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It wa...
When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he said to me, 'That's a great film, brother. Thank you for your courage in making it.' I plotzed.
Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowi...
In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.
I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.
It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
Being horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film and making no money.
I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.
It's much easier to make a Superman or Batman film than a Green Lantern film.
People are making better and better small budge independent films these days.
I think making a good film shot is joyful.
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film.
