I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.
The movie has to be going somewhere. Other than that, you want it to be entertaining, but people usually disagree on what entertaining is and everybody has different tastes.
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.
I have a list of things I want to say through my films and I have started doing that.
For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.
Sometimes, people don't make the kind of films you want to do.
The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.
I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.
You're gonna get helped, if you're lacking it, in any way, because everybody's objective is to make a good picture.
It drives me crazy when people say, "All we're trying to do is create entertainment." I feel like people go to movies for more than that.
Ever since I entered this industry, I have always wanted to do romantic films.
