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I would have to consider the U.S.A. job if I was approached because it's one of the big nations in world football, with massive growth potential. ”
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable. ”
One of the things about the modern world is that the public and the private - which is not the same as the public and the personal - but the public and the private... it's very, very much harder than it used to be to have things that are private and things that are public. ”
But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the public and the private are kept separate. ”
When I was working on 'Deadwood', it was understood that the script was a work in progress, and when we got to set, everyone would kind of work on it together. ”
The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so: and his right to do so is guaranteed by the Constitution. ”
A film - especially when it's a personal film - is going to hit somebody or it's not. There's nothing you can do about it. ”
When you cut from a long shot to a close shot, you're doing it for a reason, or if you let something stay in long shot for a long take. On the short films, I was teaching myself how to express something personal cinematically, how to use the language of film the best I could. ”
The idea that all we have is everything that's come before us, and we are the accumulated weight of our own personal histories, is a beautiful concept. And yet it also leaves you asking, 'Is that all there is? Is that all that defines us? Is that all we have?' ”
I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business. ”