1. “The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That’s all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.”
2. “The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.”
3. “I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.”
4. “Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.”
5. “I’m a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.”
6. “There’s nothing I’ve done which I’ve done which I’m ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.”
7. “The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.”
8. “i like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.”
9. “There’s nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite film maker.”
10. “It’s difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.”
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