The Most Important Thing Is The Script.

Being A Father At A Later Age Is Different From When I Had My Other Two Daughters When I Was In My 20s And 30s. If You're In Your 60s And You're With The Kid Every Day, You're Dealing With The Mind Of A Child, So It Opens Up That Childishness In You Again.

More Personal Films, You Could Make Them, But Your Budgets Would Be Cut Down.

The Storyboard For Me Is The Way To Visualise The Entire Movie In Advance.

Always Get To The Set Or The Location Early, So That You Can Be All Alone And Draw Your Inspiration For The Blocking And The Setups In Private And Quiet. In One Sense, It's About Protecting Yourself; In Another Sense, It's About Always Being Open To Surprise, Even From The Set, Because There May Be Some Detail That You Hadn't Noticed. I Think This Is Crucial. There Are Many Pictures That Seem Good In So Many Ways Except One: They Lack A Sense Of Surprise, They've Never Left The Page.

I'm Very Phobic About Flying, But I'm Also Drawn To It.