I Never Meet Anybody Who Actually Likes

Period Films To Me Are Very Often Alienating To The Audience. There's Very Often A Formality. A Staunchy Quality To Them That Comes From The Misenscene. It Also Comes From The Performances Of The Actors, Because They're Acting Victorian Which Really Means That They're Just Acting The Way They've Seen Previous Actors Act Victorian.

I Think Audiences Get Too Comfortable And Familiar In Today's Movies. They Believe Everything They're Hearing And Seeing. I Like To Shake That Up.

There Are Points Where You Worry That You Might Be Putting Too Much In And Alienating The Audience. But, Funnily Enough, Some Of Those Fears Aren't Correct.

I Don't Ever Like To Feel Myself In The Position To Demand Of An Actor That They Trust I'm Going To Do Something Worthwhile. I Feel A Responsibility To Articulate What It Is I'm Going To Do. Whether That's Showing Them A Full Script Or Sitting Down With Them And Describing My Ideas In Detail. It's A Very Healthy Burden On Me As A Film Director To Be Able To Articulate What I Want To Do, To Inspire Actors, Rather Than Just Saying, Take It On Trust I'll Be Able To Do Something Worthwhile.

I Don't Actually Tend To Do A Lot Of Research When I'm Writing. I Do Know Because I Think A Lot Of What I Find You Want To Do With Research Is Just Confirming Things You Want To Do. If The Research Contradicts What You Want To Do, You Tend To Go Ahead And Do It Anyway.