When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.
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I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.
When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.
I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.
Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.
When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
I'm working on a few different films and I'm just searching for the right new story to tell. As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.
The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.