The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.
From Dino De Laurentiis
If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.
We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.
It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.
After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.
I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'
I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.
My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.
I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.
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