I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.
Well, I guess what's caught on film is caught on film, and it would be hard for me to stand here and say that it wasn't, you know me.
When I did my first film I kind of fell into it. I got cast in this movie called 2:37... the director, Murali K Thalluri, basically saw me and said: "I'm going to put you in this movie." And that week I felt like a void had been filled. I was so in my element. I was thrown in at the deep end.
I do like fantasy films.
I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe.
My favorite film is Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power in The Razor's Edge.
What you have to go through to release a film is probably the most arduous set of tasks - compared to all the other things an artist can release, it's probably the most labor - intensive, especially if you don't have any money and not a large team.
Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.
You can't work on a film without being changed in some way.
I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
I make films about working class people.
One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.
I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
I think one of the hardest things to do in film or TV is to make something feel real, which is weird because it's about being a person, and life is something that everyone making films and TV can relate to.
Film has always been where my heart is.
I would have to say movies are my favorite. I love doing TV, too, but it's always rush, rush, rush. With a feature film, those moments and scenes get a chance to breathe, because you don't have to accomplish as much in one day.
I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
When you work in film, you have to be pretty fluent in explaining your vision, especially when speaking to actors, and I found speaking to actors to be so challenging and intimidating on set.
I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
Little projects - not feature - film projects - you know, theater things, writing things, and jobs like doing rewriting for money, stuff like that. I don't recommend it. It's not a schedule that I'd want, although it was really good for me in a lot of ways. I became a better writer.
I spent a lot of time on Diane Arbus film, not only writing it, but running around talking through various production issues. All this crud, and then it didn't happen. There's a lot of time-wasting stuff that happens in life with movies.
I did watching my films with an audience at the beginning when we went to Sundance and we screened The Savages there. I watched it, and I was just praying to God it worked, because we weren't even finished. I was just hoping it worked, so half of it was just, "Phew."
