It's About Storytelling. The Story Is Told

I Love Silent Cinema But Don't Hold It Sacred. Like Any Branch Of Film There Are Some Very Boring Films Alongside The Masterpieces.

First Of All, I Had The Desire For That Format [silent Movie], And Then When I Was Talking To People, I Felt That People Needed Justification. Why Are You Doing A Silent Movie? Is It Just For Your Own Pleasure? I Felt It Was Not Enough For Them So I Realized I Have To Choose The Subject That Will Make Things Easier For Them And To Tell The Story Of A Silent Actor Makes Sense For Doing A Silent Movie.

But I Don't Think Of Myself As A Foreigner Or A Frenchman! I Just Think Of Myself As A Director. Whether I'm French Or Australian Or Whatever, It's Really Not Important.

When You're With Your Wife, You Don't Say I Love You To Your Wife Every Day But The Ways You Look At Her And Your Actions Are Another Way To Communicate. Don't Focus On Dialogue, Only Focus On What You're Expressing.

I Went To Hollywood. I Put The Action In Hollywood. I Watched A Lot Of Movies, Maybe 100 Or Something Close To That. I Have Tons Of Dvds Now At Home. I Don't Know What To Do With Them Because They're Not Useful Anymore. My Kids Never Watched Them. I Read A Lot Of Autobiographies, Listened To A Lot Of Music By Classical Era Composers Like Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman And Leonard Bernstein. I Listened To Only That Kind Of Music The Entire Time I Was Writing, Even At Home.