In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.
Oh my God, I love UCLA so much. Their film school is great because it's unstructured, so there's a freedom to fail in there and just tell your story, and everybody makes a film. It's so important to have that freedom in film school because that's wha...
When you're making a film, you don't really have time to consider what the whole of your film is. And then, when you're releasing your film and promoting your film, you're looking at it in a different way. Then, as you move away from it, you start to...
There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I...
If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers - I think we would see quite an explosion of African films on the world scene.
Positive mind-set is vital for surviving hard-times.
I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.
When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
I'm at my happiest when I'm on a movie set. It's like therapy for me.
My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.
I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.
I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.
Headline?" he asked. "'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said. "'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'" he said. "'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'" I said.
Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. ...
Danny: Livingston, we're set. Rusty: Livingston, we're set. Livingston: Basher, we're set. Basher: Hang on a minute chief. Livingston: We don't have a minute, Yen's gonna suffocate. Basher: Then you'd better leave off bothering me, don't you think?
I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.
When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.
I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask.
There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.
