The Most Important Thing Is

Every Year Or So, I Try To Do Something; It Keeps Me Refreshed As To What's Going On In Front Of The Lens, And I Understand What The Actor Is Going Through.

The Storyboard For Me Is The Way To Visualise The Entire Movie In Advance.

Always Get To The Set Or The Location Early, So That You Can Be All Alone And Draw Your Inspiration For The Blocking And The Setups In Private And Quiet. In One Sense, It's About Protecting Yourself; In Another Sense, It's About Always Being Open To Surprise, Even From The Set, Because There May Be Some Detail That You Hadn't Noticed. I Think This Is Crucial. There Are Many Pictures That Seem Good In So Many Ways Except One: They Lack A Sense Of Surprise, They've Never Left The Page.

Always Stay Open To Surprise.

I Know There Were Many Good Policemen Who Died Doing Their Duty. Some Of The Cops Were Even Friends Of Ours. But A Cop Can Go Both Ways.