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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That's the whole reason we make films: to broaden our limited view of things and to see how life is evolving elsewhere.
I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.
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.
Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.
The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you to confront the realities of our world.
Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.
Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, film has been a shadow thrown over the minds of all novelists. Ever since, novelists have strained to make themselves more relevant and, whether consciously or not, novel-writing has been influenced by cinematic doctrines - by turns, embracing and defying it.
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