Occupation: Film Director Birth: March 16, 1971
Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it..
So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive an….
Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'..
I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them..
I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them..
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what ….
I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better..
I think Kristen is incredibly brave. She played such a good version Bella Swan, people think Kristen Stewart is Bella Swan. She's not, you know? If y….
I cast very much from the gut, and I think I was very lucky to be able to get... many amazing international... people that I had always really wanted….
I feel very strongly about the legacy of Ghost and I'm the next part of that chapter and hopefully a very long and continuing story through the franc….
I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive..
I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do..
In a way I think why the Ghost story is very relatable to a large audience is that it's kind of a coming of age story and it's a realisation of 'I am….
To trust so much in our devices and sync everyone's device up - we tell people where we are, what we buy and where we shop, who we talk to - and that….
You've got pressure making any film, frankly. Whenever you're doing something in the public eye you have to silence it really, you can't read the blo….
Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive ….
To me there's very few actresses who've had twenty years experience who have that cyberpunk aesthetic already baked in. Scarlett Johansson comes from….
I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction..
I think whenever you cast someone, someone's going to be critical about it..
Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me..
I don't love balls and sleeping beauties, that kind of thing. I think the great thing about 'Snow White' is those images have scarred me since I was ….