What interests me most are the emotional lives of the people. If I don't have that, it's not worth doing, frankly.
From Christopher Guest
Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have to get down to an 82-minute movie.
I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid. It hasn't been a classic example of someone slogging through the business.
I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.
I didn't go to film school. I had been an actor in movies, I had been in plays, and then I just sort of jumped into it.
I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.
I've never seen a reality show. I don't watch television.
The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.
I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.
It's difficult to articulate how I know it's the right actor, but I do. It's instinct. Intuition.
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