I am not interested in simply working as a director. If I am not making movies that I want to make, that I feel passionate about, or that I feel are hopefully at the level of cinematic quality that I feel they should be then I am not really that interested.
I believe locations should try to be and evoke the characters in a movie.
What I have learned first and foremost is to follow your instincts. As a filmmaker, there are no rules as to how to play this game. That is a big problem I think that exists in the education on how to be a filmmaker or how to make movies.
Every time I trust my instincts I land on my feet and every time I don't, I go, "Why didn't I trust my instinct?"
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I am always striving to be the best that I can be as a filmmaker.
I'm a big believer of "when there is a will there is a way" but from the studio's perspective I think it just seems like a bigger leap than you can get a sort of bureaucratic move to make.
I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.
Here is the thing, you can make a dope movie and it may never see the light of day. I am crazy proud of my first movie.
I am a loyalist and I really absolutely love film.
I love the opportunity to shoot digital because you can shoot so many takes, it's really malleable, it's a ton of fun, and it is easy.
The opportunity to shoot and get the depth out of the film - that I don't think you can get out of digital - is a huge deal for me.
The process of casting a movie has many complicated variables...
