American - Actor | May 15, 1963 -
A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.
Grant Heslov
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'Monuments Men' is a movie... I don't want to say for grown-ups, because some young folks could appreciate it, too. But if you're expecting 'Transformers,' you're going to be disappointed.
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When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even, those are really contained pictures.
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I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.
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Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.
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What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.
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There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
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There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first weekend or two, they're gone.
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It takes a long time to get a film made.
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You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.
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Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.
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'The Ides of March' was a fairly cynical film.
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