Although I was really interested in physics, I think I wanted to do it because I thought it was really hard. I did theoretical physics. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
The title, the name Frank, comes from this extraordinary British character Frank Friedbottom. He was very big in Britain in the ’80s, but I, as an Irish kid, saw him on ‘Top of the Charts.’ Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
When you’re shooting, there’s terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it’s relentless. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I was a bachelor for a long time, and I got into all these really lazy habits work-wise. I’d just work as long as I wanted into the night. There was no structure. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I went to Poland for the Warsaw Film Festival, and it was quite an intense experience. I didn’t think it would be, but it did feel quite emotional to go back to this place I’d heard so much about. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I’m not an academic type in term of personality. I had my share of madness as a teenager. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I think people like to have their categories clear. They want to know if it’s fiction or fact, biopic or not. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
The thing about America – it’s different everywhere, but visually, it’s amazing to shoot in the desert in the New Mexico light. It’s really hard to shoot in that desert and make anything look not amazing. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
On your first film, you think these are going to be your closest friends for the rest of your life. You form a bond, but then you go back to the rest of your life. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
If you’re in Hollywood, with no track record, it’s pretty odds-on that you can get swamped and overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all; particularly with the intense commercial push that you feel there. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
