New York has an electronic heart.
Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it. . . Directing is playing. Acting.
Ive never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.
But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no good, the date was wrong to open the film. I don't believe that. The audience is never wrong. Never.
All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us. That's what my films are about.
The only gay people who remain in the closet are those who choose to, who don't want to publicly declare their sexuality, which is true of heterosexual people as well. I don't walk around with a button or a T-shirt that says "I am a heterosexual. " I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely. Although God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.
I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.
The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.
One of my constant reminders is, 'End practice on a happy note. ' I want the boys to want to come out to practice; and I want them to get a certain amount of pleasure. . . lt's a game. It should be fun. So I always try to counterbalance my criticism in practice with a bit of praise. I want my players to feel that the worst punishment I can give them is to deny them the privilege of practicing. If they do not want to practice, I do not want them there.
There's always a different energy when you're surrounded by a group of women creatives.
If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.