I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.
Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.
I had four films one year that were supposed to happen and didn't.
It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
In Sweden, only exceptional actresses get major film parts.
I consider all my films experiments.
When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.
I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.'
Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.
Entertainment and escapism - those are the bigger money-making films today.
The trouble with Hollywood films is that they always have a pleasant ending.
In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you.
When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.
I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
I don't believe in having body doubles for a film.
I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.
You can't expect a man to change in one day by watching a film, right?
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
