Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: August 6, 1970
I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things..
I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool..
There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts ….
I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future..
My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion..
I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them..
There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying..
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies..
See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just….
I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff..
Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping..
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see ….
You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in..
Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom..
For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention..
Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture..
You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same..
One of the reasons I really love low budget filmmaking is you don't have to think about that as much. You can have more fun and be more playful and b….
I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school..
Is it possible that there are no coincidences?.
When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so….