For me, emotion comes first. If I have to change a scene, invent a scene, change dialogue, or put Graff by the lake in order to feel that dynamic, and the end results feels like 'Ender's Game,' then hopefully it works. Gavin Hood More Quotes by Gavin Hood More Quotes From Gavin Hood Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film 'Paradise Now' had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, 'Paradise now, talk to you later.' [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that. Gavin Hood hugsittinglaughing When I see big movies that are only about good versus evil, and the good guy wins, I only can think we're in a far more complicated world than that. I frankly think that this binary philosophy is actually a dangerous way to look at the world. Gavin Hood winningphilosophythinking The question becomes, because we're remotely far away from the territory we're about to bomb, does it make it easier to do it? That it is an important question, and the military is asking those questions. Gavin Hood importantmilitarydoe And for the people who promote drones as the answer to everything, there is a danger from being distanced from the reality of the ugly mess of war. Gavin Hood warrealitypeople One reads many scripts, and some of them are good and some of them are not, but every now and then, one really grabs you. You simply can't put it down. Gavin Hood scriptsnow-and-then Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you're in this moment of conflict. Gavin Hood conflictawfulmilitary I think if you read the story as bad guy turns good guy, then clearly it is a cliché. But my experience, when I spent three years working with young people in the townships on issues principally around HIV/AIDS, is that people are usually neither entirely good or bad. They are usually variations of both. Just because someone is a carjacker doesn't mean they are a ruthless cold-blooded murderer. Gavin Hood meanyearsthinking I am a story-teller working with a craft. My job is to use my craft - which is a different thing to my race - and tell a story well. Gavin Hood differentracejobs You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also only 42, therefore how can I direct someone who's 60? So you see where the argument ends up? If you take it to its logical conclusion, I would have to walk around and point a video camera at myself. And who the hell is interested in that? Gavin Hood artistic-abilitycamerasblack 3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you. Gavin Hood becausethingsyoufocus There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence. Gavin Hood greatgoodviolencecompassion You can sustain visual beauty and innovative visual ideas for a certain length of time, but in a two-hour experience, which is really what movies are, usually audiences - whether they know it or not - most want an emotional connection to character. Gavin Hood experiencetimebeautycharacter Most big popcorn movies are 'bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.' And 'Ender's Game' is just not that simple, so it's an exciting challenge. It's a little terrifying, and let's see how audiences respond. Gavin Hood gamegoodsimplerevenge Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although 'Tsotsi' the book was written in the '60s, it was only published in the '80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance. Gavin Hood thinkfinanceproblembook The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money. Gavin Hood findwillyoumoney I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production. Gavin Hood thinkmanagementforgetpeople It is a myth to think that sometimes creative disagreement doesn't necessarily produce a better result. Gavin Hood resultbetterthinksometimes The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to. Gavin Hood youtruthlifepeople For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know. Gavin Hood yourknowmeyou My first experience with film was through a still camera. I would sit, very much against my will, with my father in the game reserve, watching some elephant or rhino or whatever, through a 400 millimeter lens and wait, and waiting and waiting. Gavin Hood gameexperiencewaitingfather
