The big gamble in 'Focus' - it's a Will Smith movie that dares to be small.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The movie business is a big gamble.
I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles.
I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.
Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.
'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.
In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.
Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure.
My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing.
I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me.