If two of your films don't do well, people say you're out in the cold and your career is over. One film does well, and you've had the best year of your life! I don't believe in all that's written.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.
I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
I am not interested in churning out a certain number of films every year. For me, it's about the quality of work. I think it's about following your instincts and doing a film for the right reason.
When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.
To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.
When you do one movie at a time, if one goes crazy and becomes successful, your life changes. But you can step back and catch your breath.
And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that.
If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.
Everyone's films have done well of late. So when your film doesn't do well, you ask yourself, 'Oh, did I make a wrong choice?' And I strongly feel that it's your choices that make a good career. The track record has to be good.
My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!