You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing.
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There is a sense of emptiness when you finish any film because you're empty and you can't give anything more to it anymore.
I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.
As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.
From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any experience we will find transparency, insubstantiality, with no solid, unchanging core to our experience. But that does not mean that nothing matters.
I like to spread myself out. Since I was a kid, I always recognized some void.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.
Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
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