In a lot of cases, you think that the art director and the production designer designed and built this amazing set, when in fact they only built part of it and were able to extend it using all of this fabulous technology.
Rick HeinrichsA successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that they bring to it, that they've developed on their own and that is singular to them.
Rick HeinrichsEven in traditional filmmaking, you're always trying to find novel ways of telling stories, and this is different.
Rick HeinrichsYou want to feel appreciated, definitely. I think I've been very lucky to have a long enough career, so that I do get this kind of feedback.
Rick HeinrichsI was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other decision-making problems that come up along the way, in addition to that, the whole point of what your doing is following performance and character development. You're building your story with those building blocks, and it is not easy. I've only come out with more respect for directors, from this.
Rick Heinrichs