The Art of Storytelling Make sure the story is something that means enough to you to spend four years of…
Successful Directing The best guys interpret the material. Too Much Prior Knowledge I like to put myself in the position…
Actors They don't want freedom. They sometimes complain and say 'You are telling me exactly what I have to do!'…
The Deep End On Perfecting Your Craft In terms of progressing either as a technician or, if you like, an…
Frank Coraci and Adam Sandler on the set of Click (2006). Photo: Columbia Pictures. If you can shed your ego…
Ben Kingsley in Paul McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Photo: The Weinstein Company You learn as you go. Each experience…
Jim Taylor Photo: Rafael Winer/Fox Searchlight Screenwriting doesn't always work better in twos, so Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne can…
Brent Roske’s Sophie Chase (2005). You can’t do it. Go to college and get a job. Making movies and television…
Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne's Sideways. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures The biggest…
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bruce Greenwood star in Bennett Miller’s Capote (2005). Photo: Sony Pictures Classics. Stick to a schedule.…