Belligerence certainly helps. And there`s a requisite paranoia. There`s fear--fear of failure--and an overwhelming urge to be liked. - [about the personality traits that helps in being a director]
I don`t know how much movies should entertain. To me, I`m always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about Jaws (1975) is the fact that I`ve never gone swimming in the ocean again.
I`m totally anti-commercialism. I would never do commercials where people hold the product by their head and tell you how great it is, I just wouldn`t do that stuff. It`s all inference ... The Levis commercials I did weren`t really about jeans, the Nike c...
As a director, film is about how you dole out the information so that the audience stays with you when they`re supposed to stay with you, behind you when they`re supposed to stay behind you, and ahead of you when they`re supposed to stay ahead of you.
Directing ain`t about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn`t want to go to film school. I didn`t know what the point was. The fact is, you don`t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you`ve got to get five sh...
Belligerence certainly helps. And there`s a requisite paranoia. There`s fear--fear of failure--and an overwhelming urge to be liked. - [about the personality traits that helps in being a director]
