Here's my tip: Have your production hire the best hair stylists on the planet to do your films and commercials, then casually hint about how great it would be to get a trim during lunch break. Votes: 12
From a personal standpoint, I'd say that, yeah, seeing how quickly children grow, you realize how fast life goes by. Votes: 7
Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic. Votes: 7
The trick is falling in love with something enough, and being excited enough by something, to want to make that year and a half or two year commitment and wake up every morning at 5 to go deal with a whole day full of problems to get it up on the screen. You really need passion. Votes: 6
All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in. Votes: 5
I stopped making videos and commercials for a few months before I started films just to reset my clock because so much narrative filmmaking is a sense of tempo and rhythm. Votes: 4
I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise. Votes: 4
Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun. Votes: 1
In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part of the script himself - is clearly more the author of the movie. Votes: 1
If you happen to have a spare $100 million floating around, then you're my producer. Votes: 1
I've found music over the course of my life is slightly more astoundingly inspiring than great cinema Votes: 0
I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more. Votes: 0