It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn’t eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
ADRIAN GOSTICKWhere you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they’re people that you recognize.
More Adrian Gostick Quotes
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You have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can’t do.
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The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren’t cliche.
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I was watching Monster’s Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It’s just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done.
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I’ve always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors.
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And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.
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The interesting thing was that next I tried a film called Star Man, which Michael Douglas was producing.
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I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love.
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I think you get better at staring into space.
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It’s the sort of subject that always interests me: jealousy and the language of suspicion and guilt. I think it interests people.
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Their every instinct – and I have to say this is without exception – is to iron out the bumps, and It’s always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.
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I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor,
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I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.
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Somebody said that I’m a bit like a sponge, grabbing things here and there, soaking stuff up. [As a director] you have to be, really.
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Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time.
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I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He’s amazing really.
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