It Always Happens At The

The First Cut I Do Is Usually Between Five And 10 Minutes Shorter Then The Cut That We Release. Anything I Think Isn't Working Or Might Not Work, I Don't Even Put It In The Director's Cut. And Usually It's The Studio Suggesting I Put Stuff Back In, As Opposed To Studios Saying, "you Got To Lose 40 Minutes," They Are Always Saying, "you've Got To Gain Five Minutes."

The Weird Thing Is That I Hate To Fly, And The Quote That I Give People Is That Every Time I Get Off A Plane, I View It As A Failed Suicide Attempt.

When I Move From Being A Cameraman To Being A Director I Looked At A Lot Of Other Cameramen Who Tried To Make The Move. And In Each Case They Moved Up Their Camera Operator To Be The Dp, Which Really Meant They Didn't Want To Give Up Being The Dp, And Really Wanted To Do Both. And My Feeling Was If I Was Going To Succeed As A Director, I Had To Just Be A Director And Give Up The Safety Net Of Being A Cameraman.

I'm An Unusual Director In That My Cut Is Usually Shorter Then The Final Released Film. I Like Short Films.

I Haven't Read A Review Of One Of My Films For The Best Part Of 10 Years.