I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space.
Peter WeirVarious studios are still shooting on film with digital grain and the DI negatives, it's not ideal. We should really be all film or all digital. But that being said, the old way of graining in the camera, now you can make changes like a painter. It's dangerous because you can ruin the film, you can over-fiddle. We've all seen films and gone 'what the hell is that?'
Peter WeirCasting the right actor for the right part is some unspoken thing between the two of you to communicate.
Peter WeirThe best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn so much.
Peter WeirI think Ed Harris is a conscious screen actor, so I think it was strong, it was like he put everything together somehow in 'The Way Back'. He likes, I don't want to say the method approach, because that's not really necessarily his way of working, but it was easy to do because of the location. He'd go off by himself, and they would make things.
Peter Weir