I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poetry is a totally different art than film.
It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets.
Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15.
I feel very connected to poets across the country.
I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.
The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.
Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.
When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.
I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters.
I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.
No opposing quotes found.