For 'Spartacus,' we've committed 100 percent of our production time to creating great scenes. So all the training I do is on my own time. And that's pretty limited.
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On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.
I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-the-moon in love with it. The audience, they spend 90 minutes with it, but for you, it's anywhere between a year and a half to three years of your life, every day, working on it.
It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.
My father did 90-plus films. He was Spartacus!
In general, I don't even have the luxury of rehearsal time on most films that I make. It is just a scene-by-scene full cast read through. It's very much just doing the rehearsal sometimes the day before, at the end of the day, but just on the spot as the scene unfolds.
I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.
I love to do very long and complicated scenes.
My hands are already full writing and directing, because that's a full time job. Actually, that's why I don't produce as well, as there's already enough producers.
My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.
I do my work to the best of my capacity. I don't pick a role looking at its length. I take up a film because I would like to see it.
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