If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am so picky about what films I get myself into because it's such an explosion of energy and commitment once you get in there, you destroy your life until you deliver these films. I never want to be in the position of making films that won't be a great use of 90 minutes of someone's life.
I make film to make time pass.
Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
I've learned that I really want to shoot short films on a short schedule. There can be very good films that run 110 minutes, but 90 minutes is beautiful.
It takes a long time to get a film made.
It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
You have to make millions on Friday night, because there are another 600 films waiting behind you, with explosions and everything.
I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.
Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.
To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day.