1. “The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it’s being on top of everything, you’re actually relying massively on the people around you.”
2. “It’s certainly difficult to balance marketing a film and putting it out there to everybody with wanting to keep it fresh for the audience.”
3. “I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn’t want to do just one thing.”
4. “The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.”
5. “The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It’s a pipeline that needs to be fed.”
6. “You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.”
7. “To me, any kind of filmmaking that’s reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.”
8. “Heist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous and fun. They don’t tend to be emotionally engaging.”
9. “Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially, the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.”
10. “People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That’s the trick.”
11. “I’ve been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I’ve wanted to do a film about them for a long time.”
12. “Film is a best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.”
13. “I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story.”
14. “Movie logistics never really allow you to do anything but shoot the way the budget dictates.”
15. “I’ve always believed that if you wan to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but great film, you have to take a lot of risks.”
