I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way.
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Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.
I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.
The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.
Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.
I was raised in a family where cinema was a way of life. It was not only about making films, it was relationship, passion, love, everything at the same time.
There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater.
When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.
But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film.
I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.
I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.
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