You finish a movie and you think, there, you've done it, really well, or best you can. But if you watch it, you see it was just bollocks.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always think that you finish one movie, you start a new one, and you think, 'OK. I did that last one. Now I've learned. I know how this works.' Then by the end of the movie, you think, 'No, I don't, really.'
The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.
Sometimes a movie knows you're watching it. It knows how to hold and keep you, how, when it's over, to make you want it all over again.
In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.
There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back.
In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.
When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.
Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.