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" A lot of these big movies are just a collection or a montage of big set pieces. "
Big
Pieces
Movies
" Creating authentic emotional experiences, whether it's 'Star Wars' or 'Spotlight,' are driven by characters and stories that are engaging. "
Star
Creating
Driven
" Everybody always asks us how we choose the movies we have going right now, and it's hard to explain sometimes. There's a randomness to the way things kind of happen and get done. And sometimes you have this perfect storm, and you have to accept that and do the best you can. "
Done
Best
Perfect
" From a producing standpoint, I think prep is everything. "
Think
I Think
Producing
" I don't analyze things all the time, I just do them. "
Time
Things
Them
" I don't know how to make movies without getting my hands dirty. "
How
Dirty
Without
" I find that a lot of directors are attracted to the dark side. "
Dark Side
Side
Find
" If it's a huge tentpole movie, for instance with a movie like 'Tintin,' a year and a half, almost two years in advance, we were developing a videogame campaign and massive consumer products campaign. "
Years
Two
Products
" I'm not great at talking about myself. "
Great
About
Myself
" I suppose I was always attracted to the producing function - trying to put things together and make things happen. "
Together
Trying
Things Happen
" I think it's always wise to be concerned about any of the characters in 'Star Wars,' right? "
Wise
About
Always
" It's an interesting thing when you're casting a film - especially when you're trying to discover someone - you're waiting for someone to step into the room in an audition process and claim the role. "
You
Interesting
Waiting
" It's funny where life can take you. "
Take
You
Funny
" Many great stories are father issues, mother issues or death. "
Death
Stories
Mother
" My life is organized chaos. "
Organized
My Life
Life
" Nobody understands what a producer does. "
Understands
Nobody
Does
" People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art. "
Make
Want
People
" Sometimes women don't take the initiative that they should. "
Initiative
Women
Take
" Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; you don't have to be their best friend. You can experience the fun of competition and driving toward a common goal without pushing to bond in some major way with each individual on a project. "
Best Friend
Best
Sports
" Success is always a matter of some luck and timing. "
Matter
Success
Timing
" The most important thing is to have a point of view and have something to say. That is important if you are filmmaker or artist. That means you have to experience the world. "
View
World
Artist
" The producer, in effect, has to work as a translator. You form a very tight relationship with the director and writer from the beginning, and then you are constantly communicating to the various people that begin to come into the process, as you are trying to manage to hold on to a vision that needs to be communicated over a long period of time. "
Work
People
Relationship
" There's nothing I like more than to have one of our movies run, and then I go to the ladies' room and listen to everybody talk about it. No one has any idea who I am. "
Movies
Listen
I Am
" There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work. "
Ambition
Work
Want
" When you're relegated to go from movie to movie, so much of what you're doing is out of your control beyond creating the product. "
Creating
You
Product
" You know, I've always been very open to any project. "
Been
Open
Always
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