In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it.
From Neil Jordan
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.
But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened.
Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.
For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.
For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
I do enjoy working with writers.
I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
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