“I think people were a little nervous to work with me to start with, because the movies I've done they thought that I wouldn't be able to control myself at all. I'd have to blow up the cars or something like that, and I think also people are scared of working sometimes with feature directors, because they feel like you're not going to listen to their opinions.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesSometimesDoneAbleOpinionCarLike YouDirectorsScaredBlowNervousFeaturesControl Myself Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I like alternating commercials with movies, because it keeps the pace up. You can't slack on a commercial. You need to go fast. That's a terrific piece of action, I think if that was scheduled for a movie, you'd put that in for two or three days worth of work.” IfsThinkingNeedsTwoActionThreePiecesPaceTerrific Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“3D is very exciting. I love it. I'm a complete convert. Everything for me, from now on, is 3D. I'm completely convinced it's the future of home entertainment, as well as cinema entertainment. I think it's a paradigm shift, in terms of cinema, and those things don't happen very often. The introduction of sound, the introduction of color photography and now 3D have been the big shifts. They happen once every 40 or 50 years, so it's very exciting to be a filmmaker, working while one of them is happening.” ThinkingYearsWellsHas BeensHomeBigsHappensSoundTermColorPhotographyHappeningsExcitingEntertainmentConvincedCinemaFilmmakerIntroductionParadigmParadigm ShiftColor Photography Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“When we wrapped Resident Evil, we were a 3D movie, but it was no big deal. And then, Avatar came out and the whole of Hollywood was like, "Look at these grosses! 3D is huge. Let's all be 3D!" We just got on with doing what we were doing, which was making what we think is a really quality, kick-ass 3D movie, and we'll really be the first live-action 3D movie of the year.” ThinkingYearsFirstsLooksWholeBigsActionEvilDealsQualityHugeHollywoodAssKicksBig DealResidentsKick AssResident Evil Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“What happened with Final Destination was that the movie was in post-production for a long time and I think they changed a lot of the deaths, so a lot of those things were last-minute additions. Everything we shot is in the movie and it's all been designed. We didn't change anything. It's been a year of making those things happen, exactly as we had pictured them.” ThinkingYearsLongHappensLastsHappenedMinutesChangedLong TimeShotsFinalsProductionsThings HappenPostsDestinationLast MinuteFinal DestinationPost Production Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“For me, it's a multitude of things. In the modern world, there's a real genuine fear of loss of individuality and I think the undead speak to that. I also think the idea of the dead coming back to life, and this unstoppable foe that just keeps coming and coming, but rather slowly just chases you, is a real primal fear. It's like a fear of claustrophobia, heights or water.” ThinkingWorldIdeasRealSpeakWaterLossModernIndividualityGenuineHeightMultitudesComing BackFoeModern WorldPrimalUnstoppableUndeadClaustrophobiaPrimal Fear Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I think, as a filmmaker, my style of filmmaking is very well-suited to 3-D anyway, so it's not like I'm having to change a huge amount of the way I shoot to work in 3-D. I think you could probably dimensionalize some of my movies and they would make very good 3-D films.” ThinkingWayWellsFilmStyleHugeAmountVery GoodFilmmakerFilmmaking Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I really believe in 3-D. I really think it is the wave of the future for cinema.” ThinkingBelieveWaveCinema Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I think 3-D across the board both in a home format and cinema is, it's going to be very big.” ThinkingHomeBigsCinemaBoardsFormat Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I find it terribly distracting in movies when people do accents, I must say, unless it's terribly serious and the story is rooted in South Africa and you're doing a South African accent. But in period movies I think nothing can be more distracting than people doing accents.” PeopleThinkingSeriousSouth Africa Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“My approach has always been to put 100% into the movie I'm making right now. I think sometimes filmmakers put too much thought into the grand franchise they're going to build. And guess what? If the first movie doesn't work there is no franchise, so I'm always concentrated on making the best, best possible movie right now.” ThinkingSometimesFilmmakerWhat If Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
