A Movie Is Made For

Everything Seems Really Simple On Paper Until You Take A Camera Out Of The Box.

Filmmaking Isn’t If You Can Just Strap On A Camera Onto An Actor, And Steadicam, And Point It At Their Face, And Follow Them Through The Movie, That Is Not What Moviemaking Is, That Is Not What It’s About. It’s Not Just About Getting A Performance. It’s Also About The Psychology Of The Cinematic Moment, And The Psychology Of The Presentation Of That, Of That Window.

There Are Some Movies I Can Watch Over And Over, Never Get Sick Of.

What You Learn From That First, And I Don't Call It 'trial By Fire,' I Call It 'baptism By Fire,' Is That You Are Going To Have To Take All Of The Responsibility, Because Basically When It Gets Right Down To It, You Are Going To Get All Of The Blame, So You Might As Well Have Made All Of The Decisions That Led To People Either Liking It Or Disliking It. There's Nothing Worse Than Hearing Somebody Say 'oh, You Made That Movie? I Thought That Movie Sucked,' And You Have To Agree With Them, You Know?

Directing Ain't About Drawing A Neat Little Picture And Showing It To The Cameraman. I Didn't Want To Go To Film School. I Didn't Know What The Point Was. The Fact Is, You Don't Know What Directing Is Until The Sun Is Setting And You've Got To Get Five Shots And You're Only Going To Get Two.