Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.
Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.
I don't have time, because I still have so many films to see.
You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.
I'm cheaper than Anthony Hopkins. The other actors they asked to play Gandalf wouldn't go to New Zealand on that money for that length of time. I thought it would be a bit of an adventure. Tony Hopkins didn't think it would be an adventure. Tony is part of Hollywood. I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
A film is the director's medium. The theater is an actor's.
Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.
When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.
A film is a machine made of images
I believe, the Japanese film industry must be open.
I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
If I want to keep making films for a few more years, I probably should be willing to adapt. I've sort of evolved into the filmmaker that I am because of natural selection anyway.
I think being attracted to mistakes is one of the things that film can capture in a way that theater can't. Film can capture a moment of spontaneous life that will never be captured again. I like a lot of structure and a lot of lines, but then within that I make room for things to happen that you couldn't have predicted.
All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.
In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after the other. I move things in all directions. It's such a liberating experience.
When my films don't work it's usually because I tried some very experimental idea. I tried new ideas and they just didn't work, as opposed to trying to do something conventional and having it be so conventional nobody wanted to see it.
I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.
I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.
I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.
A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.
Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.
I can't think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels.
