I work like a dog, really. I go over scripts like a mad man and just want to make sure I have my house built, so that I can just kind of go nuts inside of it.
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Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.
Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'
I'll always build houses.
I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.
My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.
I don't have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I've done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that's mostly what I'm offered.
If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean.
I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio.
I try to create homes, not houses.
I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.