The production scale of 'Okja,' which I had never experienced before, was jaw-dropping. Not only the actors but also all the staff were experts in their fields.
You can't get a good crew and a good sound system, and a good light system if you do a small tour. If you want the best, those guys want a commitment of about 4 to 6 months. And I'd want the best people and the best stuff.
I live in Vermont, and we don't have a tax incentive there, and therefore, we don't have professional crew there.
The Punjabi industry lacks a lot in terms of good production houses and actors.
Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.
I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them, anyway!
Ordinary Women was shot on a soundstage with a professional crew and a professional animation studio creating everything.
'The Newsroom' is phenomenally bad good TV. Sam Waterston and Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer are all terrific! So is the production, and the direction, and even the editing!
