I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. |
I think one of the things I was worried about with Jake was that we all know him, soft and puppyish and doe-eyed and sensitive and floppy hair and all of those things, ... This was a tough, young Marine. Yes, he was innocent and he needed to be accessible but he also needed to be angry, frustrated, difficult, dark, doubting, all sorts of other things and I'd never seen him do that before. |
I think that's a wonderful thing when there's somebody at the top of their game but they still want to test themselves. |
I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different. |
I think you go into a kind of trance when you make the film. When you shoot it, you can't think about it. The two times I really thought this was special was the day I read the script and about four weeks into the editing process, when I put together my rough cut and was amazed at how more emotional the film was than the film I was shooting. Those were the times I thought that I had something special. |
I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies. |
I wanted it to be a story about human beings escaping imprisonment. It sounds very pretentious, but it's a rite-of-passage story that isn't just about America, but about human beings living together. |
I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film. |
I was really pleased to hear that Scorsese built the whole of New York in 1840 for Gangs of New York. |
I was very careful to ensure that I was not endangering her marriage. Indeed it was already over and I came along well after, |
I work very slowly. Some people are able to get through post-production in 10 weeks. |
I'd like to think there's a huge interest out there because it's part of our daily life. |
I'd love to win an Oscar for the movie, ... But this is an award in its own right because it comes from directors. |
I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it. |
I'm completely amazed and delighted. I kept my fingers crossed it would get good critical reaction, but the real surprise is that it's crossed over into the mainstream so comprehensively. I wasn't expecting that. |