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" It's good to know where you've come from. "
David Slade
Come
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Good
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" I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged. "
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" 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. "
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" As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that. "
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" I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop. "
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" 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. "
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" Films are pushing envelopes in terms of what is horrific, but also on other areas: in video games, in comic books and outside life. "
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" I'd love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there's a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here; there just seems to be more of a culture of developing films than actually making them. "
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Love
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" As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne. "
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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. "
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" What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker. "
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Great
" When I got the script for 'Eclipse,' I thought it was a damn good story. "
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" Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster. "
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" Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it. "
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" 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. "
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Head
" I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film. "
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" Certainly there is a lot of collaboration, but there is also a lot of clarity that has to be had in the vision that you have for the film when you come in as the director. Without that, there's no bullseye to be aiming for. "
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" 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. "
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" Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work. "
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" Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do. "
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" 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. "
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" The vampires of '30 Days of Night' never really came into discussions early on. They did later when we were trying to figure out the pathology of the 'Twilight' vampires. '30 Days' is a completely different film. If you are a kid, please ask mum and dad before you watch that one! "
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" I really appreciate gory movies. "
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" I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do - be doing - for a living. "
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" Make the film that you love. When you find a film that you love, every molecule of your being will be moving in the direction of making the best film you can possibly make. This should be your default mode of operation. "
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" It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can. "
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" Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking. "
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