I used to work for 12 or 14 hours at a time but the digital age has made such happy immersions almost impossible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?' But it's so exhausting, you can't be 'on' 12-14 hours a day.
For 42 years, I worked nonstop from 7 A.M. to 5 P.M., day in and day out.
I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when you have you're an entrepreneur.
On a movie, you often work fourteen-, sixteen-hour days, six days a week, for six months. It is so easy to let up because of fatigue.
Because I am kind of distracted, I don't tend to sit at my desk 9 to 5. It can be two hours a day, or, when I'm in the final editing stages, it can be 14 hours a day.
It's a great thing to live in a digital age. It's convenient; it's fast.
I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.
I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.
I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.
I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.