I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness.
I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art.
Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching.
I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.
I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.
It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women.
I like studio movies; I love big commercial movies.
It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.
I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.
I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.
There has been a stigma around letting movies be seen on home screens on the same day as theatrical screens. Universal said they were going to do it with 'Tower Heist,' but they backed off when challenged by the theater owners. I understand where the theater owners are coming from on big studio movies.
All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it.
Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.
I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.
I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've also made movies with smaller budgets.
Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on.
Movies are very subjective.
The movies are something that I've been obsessed with, and I've subscribed to movie magazines all my life, since I was a child.
