When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I've met in real life.
I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.
Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.
Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
Every historical moment needs the stories to be told about it.
People write to me all the time to tell me that "homosexuality is an abomination. " They base this on a quote in Leviticus. I think the Bible has proved to be a very mysterious and dangerous document.
All of my Polynesian counterparts in the NFL with roots in American Samoa understand how the values embedded in our South Pacific culture - community, hard work, perseverance, respect - contribute directly to our success.
I think every good, entertaining movie should have a message. I really believe that, because if you do it without it, the film feels a little bit soulless.