You always have to keep thinking: "Where am I going?" Whereas acting, you`re always thinking: "What am I doing?" You don`t want to know where you`re going, you want to be right where you are.
I thought I understood the story very well, because I`ve lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that`s in your head.
In doing everything, from coming up with the ideas and putting them on paper till doing the final edits, you are always thinking the next three steps, you`re always thinking what next, what next, what next?
The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that`s another theme that interests me. Because most people don`t intend to cause harm, they cause harm by doing the right thing - in their mind.
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You always have to keep thinking: "Where am I going?" Whereas acting, you`re always thinking: "What am I doing?" You don`t want to know where you`re going, you want to be right where you are.
