“I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work.” ThinkingKindRealFilmPiecesTelevisionPerformancesDialogueEnjoyedLiterary Works Author:Peter Weir
“If I can't make the kind of film that I want to make, then the hell with it.” KindFilmHell Author:Peter Weir
“Ed Harris seemed to be as a man, it seems, like a Clint Eastwood, this country is one that has produced more than one of this kind of man that's iconic and enormously appealing to the world, as part of American film culture.” MenWorldKindCountryFilmCultureIconic Author:Peter Weir
“There's such a deep, conservative feeling in 'The way Back.' You go, 'gosh, we've gotten narrow.' So at the moment I think there's a kind of tension, and it's gold rush fever.” ThinkingKindMomentsFeelingsGoldConservativeTension Author:Peter Weir
“What we love that 'The Way Back' is not subsidized, it's alive and kicking. And if I can't make the kind of film that I want to make, then the hell with it, I've had a great run. But I'm more concerned with the younger people coming up that want to make this kind of film.” PeopleKindRunningFilmHellConcerned Author:Peter Weir
“In terms of how I work with actors, having worked so heavily on the script I have a very clear idea of the characters; they are reasonably well illustrated in the script. If you cast it right, to a great degree you can hand it over to the actor and I just make suggestions. I'm not the kind of director who needs or wants to get into too much finessing. Ideally, when you hit the set, you have this conversation, like, 'eh, what did you think?' 'I don't know, what did you think?' 'Why don't we just try it again, make a few physical changes.'” ThinkingTryingKindCharacterTerm Author:Peter Weir
“So much of the work is intuitive. The resistance you detect is just that, a kind of evasion, a sense that too much analysis will inhibit creativity.” KindCreativityToo MuchResistanceAnalysisIntuitiveEvasion Author:Peter Weir
“Id love to have another film to go on to. Im in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally Ill write one myself if I can summon up the energy.” IfsKnowsWritingKindI CanFilmEnergyParticularGoes OnProjectsPatientIllMoodBe Patient Author:Peter Weir
