I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It takes a long time to get a film made.
If I'm really feeling good and not having a lot of interruptions, I can do a minute of animation a day, so theoretically, I could do a film in three months without any interruptions.
Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.
Each film is different. Time Code was very quick - a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick - 16 days.
Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.
Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad.
Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks.
A movie shoots six months for two hours of film.
To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day.