Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
My advice on-set is to make every day better than last one. Change is good.
It's always money no matter kind of budget you have, though, it forces you to be creative and not take anything for granted.
Securing distribution is always a battle. And to get a film released is a pretty special accomplishment.
I'm passionate about stories that have humanity, compassion and humor.
Character driven stories engage me and when an audience gets to know a character in an unforced way and finds themselves rooting for him or her, those are the kind of movies that get me excited.
If you pitch your movie to someone and they say, "Oh, please, don't make that. No one would see it. " Do it! Because that means you may have something that's not the norm.
I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator.
They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.
One expresses well only the love he does not feel.
Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.