"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."

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"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."

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"There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work."

Work

"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

Design

"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"

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"I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?"

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"But out of limitations comes creativity."

Creativity

"In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time."

Time

"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

Control

"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."

Dance

"Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage."

Thought

"As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them."

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