That's realism: a fact that if the audiences don't move out and watch good films at the theatre, people will stop making them.
None of my films are 'Pollyanna.' They're not little deers walking around with butterflies and stuff. That's not what I do.
If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what I'm trying to do. As I make the movie, different elements come in naturally.
I always wanted to make cinema which will entertain the masses, cinema that could be called escapist but is mounted on a realistic scale with high production values.
Making realistic films is basically about the style.
I'm a big fan of Italian neo-realism and all of that stuff.
In some ways any film that you do has an artificiality about it. Even when you're doing the most kitchen-sinky, gritty, realistic scene you've still got 50 people standing around watching you with cameras and lights and things.
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.
Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.
Guy Ritchie likes to ground things in realism.
For me, my realism has stood me over 15 years, so the kind of films that I have done has garnered enough respect for me to be able to survive the industry.
