We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.