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Unfortunately, When You're Working In Film, It's This Huge Machine, And You've Got To Get Everyone Right There, So You Get Kind Of Locked Into Things. I'm Not Sure Where The Artistry In Film Making Is. It's Usually That Moment When You're On Set And You're Working With The Actors. That's The Time To Play Around, The Moment Of Theater. And Then You Can Shape Things. But A Lot Of It Is Just Managing Stuff. It's Upsetting Because You Get Away From The Core.

Noah Is The Battle Of Justice Versus Mercy. In Genesis It Says That Noah Was Righteous In His Times. You Think You Sort Of Know What Righteous Means, You Know, If You Listen To A Lot Of Bob Marley. According To All The Biblical Scholars We Talked To, Righteousness Is The Proper Balance Of Justice And Mercy. If You Think Of That, As A Parent, You Know That If You Have Too Much Justice And You're Too Strict, You Destroy A Child. If You Have Too Much Mercy, As A Parent, You Destroy A Child As Well. A Big Part Of This Movie Is Noah Finding Mercy For Man.

I Wasn't A Big Fan Of Social Anthropology. And, Luckily, That Created Room For Me To Work In Visual Arts Because I Sort Of Ignored My Requirements. I Think I Was Attracted To Social Anthropology Because I Liked To Travel And Was Always Interested In Far-off Places.

I Couldn't Sleep One Night And I Was Sitting In My Office And I Realized That I Was An Independent Filmmaker.

I Think It's Important As A Filmmaker, As Any Person Working In The Arts, That You've Got To Try New Stuff And Challenge Yourself And Take Chances.