In times to resist, do not step aside; stay solid like a statue! In times to step aside, do not resist; be flexible like a snake!
Then if the actor comes up with, "It's more logical to do this," I just change it [a scene] on the spot.
Waiting for the horror is almost more frightening than actually seeing it. Just the pending dread.
Scenes change while shooting. Nowadays, while you're shooting the movie, you're cutting at the same time.
For me, directing is sort of like cooking or something. You know that you're making this interesting recipe while you're putting all the ingredients together, you can never oversee what it's gonna taste exactly. So while you're doing that, you're tasting.
I just hate digital. Looks ugly. Even if you were to shoot this anamorphic, which looks great, I just don't like it, it feels like video.
Working on a set and working with actors, that's all the same. The moment you're doing it and you're in the moment, you don't have time to think about it. You just have to make it as good as you possibly can on the moment.
The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich.
You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.
Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.
We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence. . . on pain of liquidation.