I've Become Friends With Michael

How Do You Capture The Drama Of A Rembrandt Painting In A Movie? How Do You Feel That Moment That They Captured In Two Hours? I Kind Of Fell Into It And At One Point, I Decided I Wanted To Live An Art Life; I Wanted To Tell Stories. I Came To New York, And Did What Most People Do - You Become A Pa And Run And Get Coffee And Pay Your Dues And Learn Until Your Opportunity Comes.

You'll See In The Movie He Constantly Does That-he Only Drinks His Tea A Certain Way, Brings His Own Tea Bags, The Guy Pours Hot Water, It's Like A Consistency Throughout The Film, But He Never Breaks His Habits. I Mean, To A Point, Where He Has To.

I Think People Go To The Movies To Be Entertained, To Have An Experience, To Disappear From Their Own Reality For A Couple Of Hours. If The Film Truly Succeeds In Everything The Filmmaker Sets Out For It To Be, Then It's Elevated To Art. It's Elevated To Something Special, Because It Gives People A Visceral Feeling Of Something They're Experiencing As A Collective Group. You Feel Something And That's What Turns It Into What You May Call Art.

What I Learned Is, Don't Forget Who You Are, Because That's What's Going To Make You A Filmmaker.

I Like The Opportunity To Make Films.