I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.
Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.
If you think about movies that are adapted from books, they never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end. You either make a five hour movie or you leave out stuff that should be in there.
What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.
Movies are great fun and wonderful when they're good. But you never get to see them till six months after they're finished. So you never get a sense of whether they're really well liked or how good they are. And you don't really know what the finished product is going to be like, because it's a director's medium.
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.
At the end of the day, it is about working in a good film. It's the films that you leave behind that matter.
Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.
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