I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.
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One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.
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I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.
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I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.
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The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.
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If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.
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There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.
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First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.
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You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it.
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And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.
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