David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.
[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.
My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.
I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.
I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.
I think it is best that if you are the writer you just leave the director to it. With the caveat that you state, 'Be gentle with the script. And if there are changes, consult me.'
I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director.
