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“Oh, yeah. A big part of my job is drinking martinis when I work in advertising.”

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Paul W. S. Anderson is a British film director known for his work in action and science fiction films. His notable works include the 'Resident Evil' series and 'Mortal Kombat'. more

“These commercials, I directed them all from inside the tracking vehicle, so I was traveling about 85mph most of the time, so there wasn't really anyone sitting beside me other than the driver. But, you know, yeah the agency is there and VW is there, which is- they're paying for it all and also because the agency created the boards, they want to make sure that you're not going off the rails in executing it. And also they can help, because they- it's a very different thing to cinema.”

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Author:Paul W. S. Anderson

“People really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy. It's a really lovely feeling. It's kind of scary, but a good scary. It's a lovely position to be in.”

People Want Kind Feelings Crazy Position Scary Lovely

Author:Maisie Williams

“Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people. I feel like I'm the luckiest girl on earth, and that's such a lovely feeling.”

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Author:Maisie Williams

“Interestingly it's when you come to the comedy, that's where a lot of the discussion is. It's like ten people sitting around talking about what is funny. "Is that funny? Is that funnier than that? Is this slightly funnier than this?" I guess that's what it's like when you're making a comedy movie as well, you just have to sit around talking seriously about the nature of comedy.”

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Author:Paul W. S. Anderson

“When you're writing it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea. It's nice- that again, is another nice thing about being able to do commercials is, you can get out of the house and chase high speed cars around for a few days and then by the time you go back, you're kind of re-infused to write.”

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Author:Paul W. S. Anderson

“I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success.”

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Author:Matt Walsh

“When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved.”

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Author:Craig Zobel

“Writing is a totally different brain than directing, at least for me. With writing, you're trying your best to foresee all the problems before they happen. It's more architectural in a weird way.”

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Author:Craig Zobel

“As a filmmaker, you look for a story, and the story has to have conflict and a match of opposites.”

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Author:Frederic Tcheng

“Filmmaking is always about keeping the right distance, and it's always a struggle. You struggle for more access. It's a little bit of a seduction process, trying to get more access.”

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Author:Frederic Tcheng

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