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" Film is always a fight because you're the person, as the director, with a clear picture in your head of what you think is really exciting, and you're just trying to convince a bunch of other people to buy into that. "

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" Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films. "

David Slade

Done

Want

Romantic

" There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted. "

" Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do. "

" Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do. "

" It's good to know where you've come from. "

" On one level, this was the biggest challenge out there - to make a film of this scope, in this amount of time, and to go into a different genre, essentially. Yes, I've done a vampire film, but 'Eclipse' is a very different kind of thing. This is a romantic story, which swings from a darker, more abject feeling to very pure romantic scenes. "

" I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow. "

" I think it's really difficult to justify converting a film that wasn't shot in 3-D into 3-D. I really do believe, as does James Cameron and all the people who are actually pro-3-D, that you have to go out and shoot it that way. You have nothing but compromise if you don't. "

" Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking. "

" I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans. "

" I really appreciate gory movies. "

" What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker. "

David Slade

Story

Great

" As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne. "

" Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it. "

" As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. "

" To get the film in your head on the screen, first you have to take it out of your head and explain it to everyone who is working with you. This will take work and planning. "

" I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!' "

" I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film. "

" Computer-generated monsters - people shoot them all day with videogames, you know, so kids aren't going to be afraid of that. People are getting immune to scares. "

" I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop. "

" Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work. "

" When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever. "

" 'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up. "

" With 'Cold Skin,' I believe we can create a lasting psycho-physiological horror film. It is one of the most atmospheric, terrifying, cinematic, and original stories of the human spirit. "

" My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we've turned down at this point. But, I think it's really important to do the right thing next. "

David Slade

Important

Think

" When I got the script for 'Eclipse,' I thought it was a damn good story. "

" I don't see myself as particularly highbrow. I am much more populist. "

David Slade

I Am

Much

" Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs, and you're usually best listening. "

" I think it's a mistake to try and overthink how you are going to be received, because that assumes that you are going to be received in the first place. "

" I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do - be doing - for a living. "