The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories where I had complete freedom to evolve in the direction I wanted.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was born into a world in which the most compelling stories are through film. But that wasn't always the case. Everything changes; everything evolves.
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.
There's only a certain number of movies I'm going to get made, and it's important to me that they each be original somehow.
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.'
I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really driven by stories. So there are stories I want to tell, and if it's a good story then I want to do it, whatever genre it is.
When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.
Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.