That's One Of The Most Important Things

One Of The Things That I Love When I Go To A Film Or When I'm Reading Some Book Or Whatever, Is To Be Told A Secret I Thought Only I Knew And Then Someone Says, "oh My Gosh, You Know, Too." And Film Can Take Us Into Private Moments In A Way That The Theater, I Think, Kind Of Can't, And That's One Of The Reasons I Like Doing Films. And The Way A Book Can Is That These Little Secrets And The Private Things That Go On In Our Minds That Maybe We Haven't Shared With Anyone, And Then Someone Writes It Or Shows It To You In A Film, You Think, "oh, That's Me. Oh My God, That's Me, I Have That Secret."

This Is A Good Thing To Say To Film Students. If There's A Story Point That You Don't Feel Right About, That There's A Question You Have - "does It Really Make Sense?" Or, "is That Plausible? Is It Implausible? Is It Set Up?" Or Whatever. Go At It. Don't Let It Go. If There's A Question In Your Mind, You're Probably Right. You Probably Do Need To Work On It And Think About It More.

Most Of The People That I've Worked With When Shooting Films That I Really Respect, There Is A Point Which You Do Become Obsessed In A Good Way. And Because It's A Collaborative Medium, You're Not By Yourself In A Room Tearing Your Hair Out, You're In A Room With A Bunch Of People. And We're All Tearing Our Hairs Out, Or Trying To Get Something Right, Or Caring Deeply About Something. But That's Fun.

I Think Where I've Instinctively Found Myself Is That I Am Somewhat Guarded In My Public Life. Being Interviewed Or Being Photographed Or Just In Public Attention, I Have A Certain Reserve. But When I'm Working I Feel Like I'm Very Open. At Least I Like To Believe That I Feel Like Nothing Is Held Back When I'm In Front Of A Camera. That's My Job.

If You Push In Every Time There's A Big Moment, Then The Tenth Time You Push In, You're Not Going To Get The Same Effect. Or If You Have Too Many Close Ups, Then When You Have A Big Moment And You Want A Close-up In Order To Make A Point, It Doesn't Mean Anything Because You've Already Been Doing Close-ups. It's Like Writing In All Capitals. Then After A While That Doesn't Mean Anything. So, Just Because You Can Do Something With A Camera Doesn't Mean You Should.