It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it.
I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on.
During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.
Da Vinci always seemed like the prototype Tony Stark to me.
I love comic books. I was weaned on them, so it's not like it's a stretch for me, but I have other interests, as well.
It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.
Collaboration. . . . For me, it has informed every move I've ever made. And it saved me in many ways and still does. When things get hard, you can cling to the work.
[ Tom Cruise] that kind of employee that's first to arrive, last to leave.
After I graduated from the University of Glasgow, I was a self-employed archaeologist going from dig to dig around Scotland, and it was not well-paid. I was an excavator, not a lecturer as well, so paying rent on a flat was tricky. In the end I decided to retrain as a journalist as I couldn't see a future in it.
You know that love Will creep in service where it cannot go.