By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning. " -Mat
I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.
I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.
My parents were always encouraging of us being creative however we wanted to be. People say, "You didn't get pressured into having to be a director?" But it's hard to be around my dad and not be curious about filmmaking, because he thinks it's the ultimate medium.
When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.
I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and open on the day of filming.
I always remember my dad saying, "No one makes a remake unless they are trying to make money; there is no reason for it. " It was not an honorable thing to do.
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives.
The theatre-acting, creating, interpreting - means total involvement, the totality of heart, mind and spirit.
In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.