One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.
It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.
There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur, which has a shady undertone.
I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.
All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox because you are constantly making choices.
Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.
I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.
With the exception of 'Descent,' that was a very conscious thing to make an action or horror movie that was an all-female cast because I hadn't seen anything like that before.
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.
I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.
There's this mythology that parents are supposed to be parents 24/7 and are supposed to be completely fulfilled by their kids. That's not the case. We need to make our own passions a priority.
The original 'Artist's Way' focused on the nurturing of the self. The 'Artist's Way for Parents' focuses both on nurturing the self and nurturing the children in our care.
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new.
But I think people see 'Wallace and Gromit' as something akin to an elderly couple. These two know each other so well. Nothing can split them apart.
I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!
People are mistaken to view cinema as some sort of gimmick. It's very much ingrained in the ways in which we understand each other.
When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'
