I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.
I've learned that, I wouldn't say I've made that mistake, but I've learned on some of my other movies, like, you always want to show everything that you feel works
Because I've never made this kind of movie before, so I've never even been to Comic-Con. And Hugh and Evangeline keep telling me, 'Oh, my god. . . This is such Comic-Con fodder. We're going to have such a fun summer!' Is this the kind of thing they show? That length?
If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump uppsych-up music, there's fighter introductions, there's between rounds, so my musical needs are really diverse.
One that we can admire aesthetically and participate viscerally in. So the goal here, and we've had some early, small screenings, what seems to be kind of happening is that you come in thinking you're going to see a cool robot boxing movie, you don't expect this emotional underdog, fatherson movie. And it's not one that's soft and overly sentimental, but hopefully it's one that's poignant.
To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving where both Twilight 3D and Happy Feet 2 are coming out.
I'm not sure that I could give notes to someone that I revere. That's a general challenge of directing, giving notes to someone you revere. The other big contribution to this, which most people I show footage to take note of is Mauro Fiore's cinematography is unbelievable.
The exact Quantity and Quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly.
Two people who I think have the world's most perfect skin are Cate Blanchett and Kate Bosworth. Maybe there's something to being named Kate, I don't know, but those two just seem to be effortless, yet completely, ethereally gorgeous.
Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.
In school [I wanted] to be an English teacher.