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You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.
Critical design aims to really push the boundaries of design and to reconsider the element of fiction.
'Nothing But the Truth' is a journalistic thriller that is set during the end of days for print media.
You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.
Where The Wild Things Are we were asking a lot of a 9-year-old kid. We were asking a lot of any actor.
Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.
When the financial crisis arrived, it seemed to me that this was something I had to make a movie about.
I've had male executives say that my lead character was unlikable because she slept with a lot of guys.
I met Joan Allen at an L.A. Film Critics Awards' dinner, and I said, 'I want to write a movie for you.'
If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.
I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm writing about.
I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.
I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.
Men are always trying to make the world better or worse while most women are content just to live in it.
Especially from the legal end of things, the easiest thing for a big corporation or lawyer to say is no.
In this artistic world, you might as well find a way to work with somebody that you have admiration for.
I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.
When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want - no guessing.
Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.
Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.
I think CGI is interesting, but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.
When the U.S. government is serious about doing something that's complicated and difficult, it can do it.
I don't make films about celebrities, are not interested in celebrities. I don't make biographies at all.
You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear.
My fantasy is, if I wasnt on Dexter, I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on Doctor Who.
The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.
I like being out on a limb and not know what we're doing and why: just deal with it, the mayhem, you know?
I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.
If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.
Feeding plants to animals then eating the animals is like filtering water through a sewer then drinking it.
Building a cast is a card house. They lean on each other, provide for each other, and take from each other.
Super confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment.
The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected.
We'd all [with Mike Mitchell] been together at Dreamworks for over ten years, so we all had the same goals.
Always take time to smell the flowers, and let it fill you with beauty, and rediscover that sense of wonder.
If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films.
I'm not one of those directors who can just kind of walk away from the edit room and come back and check in.
You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.
My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.
Unfortunately, in this country, when we have the opportunity to be bigots in private, we take it every time.
My superpower would be telepathy. And I would by necessity need to use it with discretion, not all the time.
Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.
There were days when Keanu was looking a little green from the amount of cigarettes we were having him smoke.
There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining.
I want to have a movie where people's eyes are glued to the screen, not when they're running from the screen.
If you really look hard at the evidence, the most rational conclusion is to believe that the demonic is real.
I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.
I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.
My fantasy is, if I wasn't on 'Dexter,' I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on 'Doctor Who.'