My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.
I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.
I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.
Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.
We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple.
If you compare it to 'Batman' and 'Superman,' the world of 'Green Lantern' is way bigger and potentially way more interesting in a lot of ways, I think.
My belief is that if you start a film all the way up at level 10, you've got nowhere to go.
I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action, but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable.
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.
I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.
Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
With some CGI, I think the brain slightly perceives that things aren't real. There's no gravity, the light's not quite real, the shadows aren't quite real.
As a comedy writer, I'm always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke.
So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?
If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.
I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
If I was not allowed to mention that I was in the film industry, I could go six months without getting a kiss.
When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.
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