Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.
There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.
What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.
Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.
The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.
Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you're treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person.
Being on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college.
I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.
I tend not to go look at movies before I make a movie. I'd rather not be specifically influenced.