I Was Always Amazed About How Much

The Whole Process Of Making Movies And Writing Screenplays Is Visceral And Intuitive.

I Also Love Australian Movies. I Love Muriel's Wedding - I've Seen In Six Times. Baz Luhrmann's Best Movie Is Strictly Ballroom... Without Question.

I Think Movies Are Getting Dumber, Actually. Where It Used To Be 50/50, Now It`s 3% Good, 97% Stupid.

Usually, When Special Effects Get In The Way, It's Because The Story Isn't Strong Enough. If You Don't Start With A Strong Screenplay, It's Easy To Fall Back On Special Effects, Thinking It's Going To Carry You. But It Never Works. It's Just Tiresome.

It Goes Back A Long Way. I Wanted To Make Tristan + Isolde As My Second Movie. My First Movie Was The Duellists. And I Was Standing In A Very Romantic Part Of France Looking Around Me Thinking, "my God, This Would Be Perfect For Tristan," And To Cut A Long Story Short It Never Happened Because I Did Alien Instead.