I've Had The Same Friends

I Love Working With The Right Actor, And If The Right Actor Happens To Be Unknown, That Should Be Allowed, Too, I Think.

I'd Like To Use Imax. The Problem With Imax Is That It's A Very Loud Camera. It's A Very Unreliable Camera. Only So Much Film Can Be In The Camera. You Can't Really Do Intimate Scenes With It.

I Love Stories Where The Impossible Appears Believable, Plausible And Real. Maybe It's Silly, But It's One Of The Reasons Michael Crichton's Writing Always Appealed To Me: He Took Outlandish Ideas And Made Them Seem Completely Within The Realm Of Possibility. I Remember Reading "jurassic Park" And Feeling Like: "oh, Yeah - No, That's Totally Happening Right Now. They're Bringing Back Dinosaurs!"

Ratings Have Changed, Viewer Habits Have Changed And The Options For The Audience Have Grown Enormously, But I Don't Think How You Tell A Story Is Fundamentally Different.

What I'm Still Grappling With And Learning How To Do Is To Be Looking And Thinking Cinematically, Having Come From Television.