You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.
Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake.
If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.
Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.
How mad would it actually be to do an 'Avatar' type animation film, but about something mundane like a Winn-Dixie cashier's day at work? That'd be something else, I think.
No one prepared me for the stress and insanity of a week leading up to a movie. Years and years of work come down to three days.
If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.
You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it.
I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.
In all of my press junkets for 'Spy Kids,' I was saying that my two favorite actors are Johnny Depp and Steve Carell. And I ended up getting to work with both of them.
Make it a point to choose the right backer, make your investments wisely, and do the work of the Lord which guarantees exceeding and abundant eternal benefits.
You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank.
I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.
