Zitat des Tages von Stephen Frears:
Oh, I live in London. So, whether I like it or not, I am a member of the metropolitan elite. If I were anywhere else in the country, I'd hate me.
I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. It's not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.
I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.
Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.
I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.
This black hole that people talk about in my career in the '70s, when I didn't make any films - in retrospect, what I was doing was learning my job.
The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
I never expected to become a director. It never occurred to me to come to America, to Hollywood. It's all been a wonderful accident. I'm still amazed every time I finish a film.
It's Marvel movies that get the big audiences.
I remember reading the script for 'Dangerous Liaisons' and thinking that I could quite happily spend the rest of my life watching this film; the story and the writing were so wonderful.
Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.
Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.
