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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.
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Forget the camera, forget the lens, forget all of that. With any four-dollar camera, you can capture the best picture.
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When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must crystallize his ideas and set off in an particular direction. He must learn that shooting for the sake of shooting is dull and unprofitable.
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Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.
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Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
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To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're OK.
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In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
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Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.
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Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.
