The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.
I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.
Shooting film is not for everybody, but if you're crazy enough it might be for you.
It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.
I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.
I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.
. . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and I think film is a completely different medium. I think a novel is much closer to a film.
War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.
All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.
A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.
You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.
My ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire.
I think subconsciously you wanted to "fit in" to the TV and film world and unfortunately that meant being petite and skinny. The camera does add 10 pounds. It does affect your idea of normal. Essentially, though, my body-image issues weren't down to the industry alone. These were ideas I had from little events along the way of life.
You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.
I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.