From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.
Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.
Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.
In terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas.
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.
That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California.
I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep.
Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.
My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
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.
