I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
A lot of big studio films, which are fun and great, tend to have a formula, and you've seen it before, and it's a new version of it.
People don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society.
At the moment, I'm focusing on these kind of "small" films - maybe after that, I will make bigger films in English.
I grew up in the indie world and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.
I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.
If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.
A day on a film set is maddening.
When I started in film, I was living and working in Asia, and when we did films there, it was so fast. It was much like TV.
I love film, very, very much, and I always want to go back to it.
I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what youre going to do next.
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.
I consider myself an independent filmmaker.
Saw # Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending.
I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died.
Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].
If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films.
Every single one of us who has been a Woman in Film for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase Women in Film.
You want to see women your own age in films.
asically, we got to know other and openly trade stories, and had some time to prep. As far as the 'going too far' thing, the great thing about film art is that you can go too far, and with multiple takes nobody has to see it.
I love film. I am very blessed to be making movies.
On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries.
