When I Find The Character, I Try

I Often Say To My Students In Workshops That If They Are Trying To Find Literary Inspiration, They Should Not Go And Read Novels, Because Novels Are More Appropriate For Series. Where As They Should Read Short Stories - That's The Right Format For You To Be Able To Actually Display The Narrative In A Film.

I Prefer The Films That Put Their Audience To Sleep In The Theater. Some Films Have Made Me Doze Off In The Theater, But The Same Films Have Made Me Stay Up At Night, Wake Up Thinking About Them In The Morning, And Keep On Thinking About Them For Weeks.

Those Same People, When They Leave The Theater, When They Look Behind The Curtains They Are Curious About Their Neighbors, They Can Guess If Their Neighbors Are Siblings Or A Couple, How Old They Are, What Their Occupation Is. They Are Curious About Each Other And They Can Understand Each Other Without Being Fed Information. Why Should It Be Different In Cinema?

Cinema Seats Make People Lazy. They Expect To Be Given All The Information. But For Me, Question Marks Are The Punctuation Of Life.

I Think The Contrast Between These Two In The Professional World Of Cinema Mattered To Me. One Who Has Reached The Ultimate Point Of Being A Star, Who Knows How To Do Everything Very Well, Facing Another Person Who Would Throughout The Making Of The Film Transfer His Anxiety To Both Of Us, To Me And To Juliette, As To Whether Or Not He Would Be Capable Of Fulfilling His Role. This In Itself Created A Challenge That Was Actually Very Good For Me, Since I Hadn't Ever Counterposed Two Such Performers Before, Creating That Challenge Between Someone Who Knows Their Part And Someone Who Doesn't.