I just don't know what makes a movie catch on and other ones don't.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I knew what makes a movie catch on then I'd make hit after hit.
A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.
When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
People say they make movies to show what 'really happens.' But they only show what they choose to show.
There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.
Films work due to scripts, characters, and what you see on screen.
In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.
If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story.
When you make a movie, you don't know how it'll turn out. You can only guess.
I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.