I Didn't Just See Myself

In Order To Be Able To Cooperate With A Child, You Have To Come Down To Below Their Level In Order To Communicate With Them. Actors Are Also Like Children.

When I Talk To Some Of The Younger Filmmakers, They Are So Worried About Their Films That, Eventually, This State Of Being Worried Reflects Itself In And Helps The Final Work. Whereas, With Projects That Are Meticulously Planned, You Look At The End Result And It Is Full Of Emptiness.

I Often Say To My Students In Workshops That If They Are Trying To Find Literary Inspiration, They Should Not Go And Read Novels, Because Novels Are More Appropriate For Series. Where As They Should Read Short Stories - That's The Right Format For You To Be Able To Actually Display The Narrative In A Film.

When I Find The Character, I Try To Spend Time With Them And Get To Know Them Very Well. Therefore My Notes Are Not From The Character That I Had In My Mind Before, But Are Instead Based On The People I've Met In Real Life.

A Movie Is About Human Beings, About Humanity.