I hadn't really done a comedy other than The Ape since Freaks and Geeks.
A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.
What my eyes seek in these encounters is not just the beauty traditionally revered by wildlife photographers. The perfection I seek in my photographic composition is a means to show the strength and dignity of animals in nature.
It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.
I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not just snapping at whats in front of you.
Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.
Life is a force in its own right. It is a new element. And it has altered the Earth. It covers Earth like a skin.
This is the power of images, the ambiguity. You are never completely sure of anything. With written language, it's more concrete. You have to establish some facts, but in movies, you see things happening, and the exact meaning behind the images is more ambiguous.
The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.
Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!
I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.