I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I feel like biopics are so difficult to get around.
People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.
The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life of a person that's playing a character, then surprises happen and are allowed to happen, and so it makes it more interesting.
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.
The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.
For me, the movie's always evolving as I'm doing it. I throw things in as we shoot, and I take things out as we go. I want to create a whole life and then select the pieces that best sort of describe it later, you know? So there's a lot of wastage when I make a film.
It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing or another.
Having a biopic made is very flattering.