I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audience is going to go someplace where hopefully they've never been before. The details, that's what the world is made of.
I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I remember going to London with my father in 1968 to see '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I just soaked in that movie. To me, that was real; it was going to happen.
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.
My life is cinematic in some ways.
I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.
For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.
I always viewed life as material for a movie.
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