When I wrap a job, I disconnect with it, and I'm done, even if they said we'd shoot more next year, at this time, which is not the case at all because nobody knows what's happening.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
During the shoot, when you're not at work, you're learning lines for the next shoot, and that can be all-consuming.
I never talk about a job before the contract is signed and I've shot the first three days.
At the end of the day, I'm reading the news. I'm not digging ditches. I'm not fighting fires. It's a long day, and it's a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it's a job, and they pay me well to do a job.
At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to get fired. You just have to kind of put your head down and do it.
I'm quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.
I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.
I've reached a point in my career when I can demand certain conditions, and one of them is a weekend break every three weeks during the shoot.
I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on.
I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.
Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.