The great thing about television is that you get to tell, like with "The Walking Dead", 16 hours worth of character-driven storytelling in less time than it takes to make a feature film. So, it really is a medium at least for storytellers who are passionate about not only the genre but also the character-driven genre stories. It's probably a better medium.
The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die.
I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.
I like working on big budget films.
What I've always loved about watching movies myself of course that's [Bas] Luhrmann. His Moulin Rouge! is incredible, his Romeo + Juliet. Wow. You know. When I saw those, those really were transformative films for me.
A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot.
I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.
I go to the movies. I absolutely love film.
In a film, you always try to have your main character be changed by the end.
Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.
I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.
It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.
Directing a film is a lot of work.
I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen.
I realised what a powerful position you are in if you own the rights to your film because then you control the distribution and I ended up getting 25 million viewers for McLibel and that's what it's all about for me.
In terms of the films I make, I'm just more excited about it if I've written it. It's like living in a house that you've built rather than a rental.
I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.
I just tell you what a pleasure it is to get back to the kind of filmmaking I used to be allowed to do.
I do have a strong desire to make films that will take the audience to some uncharted places both tonally and emotionally.
To make a film you have to dream a film... that's true of poetry as well.
Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.
What switched me to films was the flood of American pictures into Paris after the Liberation.
Sometimes it's easier for me to do films about, and with, women, because I have more distance, I'm more lucid.
I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'
