Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, .. most unlikely. Votes: 23
I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries. Votes: 19
The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn so much. Votes: 19
I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees. Votes: 10
When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.' Votes: 9
I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. Votes: 8
Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form. Votes: 8
Well, there's that girl on the Internet - although this isn't an example of someone who doesn't know they're on - but there's a girl on the Internet who posts one photograph every two minutes from her bedroom. Votes: 7
I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy. Votes: 7
It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman. Votes: 6
I don't know if there will ever be an ideal way of selling an original picture. Because everything you're doing, you're inventing. Votes: 6
National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word 'industry' is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense. Votes: 5
Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement. Votes: 4
There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. Votes: 3
Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things. Votes: 3
It doesn't take any imagination at all to feel awed Votes: 3
Music stops you from thinking. Votes: 3
Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised. Votes: 2
I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space. Votes: 2
I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work. Votes: 2
Id love to have another film to go on to. Im in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally Ill write one myself if I can summon up the energy. Votes: 0
National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense. Votes: 0
So much of the work is intuitive. The resistance you detect is just that, a kind of evasion, a sense that too much analysis will inhibit creativity. Votes: 0
You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker. Votes: 0