I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>