You finish a project and start looking for something that might interest you. A lot of the films I've made are a reaction to something I've done right before.
'Meadowland' was the reason I got 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and probably my experience in cinematography helped. Everything was like a stepping stone to the next thing.
After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
In a professional service environment, you often work on one engagement or deal after another, with one ending before the next begins.
Prior to doing 'Marrowbone,' I'd done three projects, which were all American.
Next morning I went over to Paul’s for coffee and told him I had finished. “Good for you,” he said without looking up. “Start the next one today.
I started developing 'The Revenant' before 'Birdman.'
I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.
