Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it.
Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university.
Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.
I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.
I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.
You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits.