Most adaptations of plays I hate, because they don’t envision something as cinema at all, you know? Mark Waters Read Quote
A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, ‘Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.’ Mark Waters Read Quote
Drama is played at the pace of chess… or billiards… or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey. Mark Waters Read Quote
If you look at the least effective of the ‘Twilight’ movies, it was when they brought in an action-movie director instead of a director who was really a good storyteller. And you can tell the difference. Mark Waters Read Quote
I’ve done some effects shots. I’ve done some compositing. And in ‘Just Like Heaven’ did a lot of, like, motion control and things like that. But never done, like, computer-generated imagery in action. Mark Waters Read Quote
The one thing about ‘Beautiful Creatures,’ ‘The Host’ and ‘The Mortal Instruments,’ which are all well-made movies, is that they were all infected with a dreadful sincerity. Mark Waters Read Quote
My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams more than I actually liked playing the game. Mark Waters Read Quote
Daydreaming allows you to play out scenarios where you miraculously save the day. You play out scenarios in your head that are kind of crazy, and then you personally, heroically resolve them. Mark Waters Read Quote
