I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
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It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
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I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.
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I really, really love directing films.
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I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.
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Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
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There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.
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Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects.
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There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films.
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The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
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I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.
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I want to do wardrobe. I want to do hair. I want to do makeup. I want to do writing. I want to do directing. I want to do all of it. I like it. And I want to do producing.
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I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.
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