When I was doing 'Ordinary People' and 'Taps,' I never wondered if it would have a lasting impression. I was just wanting to make the best film we could and do my part in that and be true to what my responsibilities were.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film.
It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'.
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.
I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.
Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.
My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.
It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
I think the movie, 'Joy,' has so many touchpoints with so many people because it is about the ordinary, but a lot of the times, the ordinary is extraordinary.
I always felt there was a kind of humanistic impulse in my thinking about film as well as a real interest in its formal and aesthetic properties - just this idea that it can bring you into a very intimate encounter with people.