I think maybe I might tackle something that doesn't reach down to a very, very young audience, like more of a kind of teenager and upwards. Joe Wright More Quotes by Joe Wright More Quotes From Joe Wright I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. Joe Wright inability writing thinking So much of today's film culture, in England and America, is based on lies, really. The industry is very ambitious, and success has become such an opium, people start from the wrong place they forget sometimes that the core of what we do is storytelling. It serves a need, a purpose for the individual and society to pull us together in shared experience and help us realize we're not alone in that experience. Joe Wright england-and-america lying people I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential. Joe Wright creating jobs people I think that people are still trying to understand each other and overcome prejudices. And people are still, most important, loving each other. And that is today as it was yesterday and will be for another 200 years. Joe Wright yesterday years thinking Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad. Joe Wright overcoming dark sweet Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new. Joe Wright film chance giving I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. Joe Wright dad actors directors I'm quite spontaneous in my decisions often. Your career is kind of what happens whilst you're busy developing other screenplays, and so it came out of the blue. Joe Wright careers decision blue Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit. Joe Wright behave fit film Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life. Joe Wright pride wish believe Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling. Joe Wright intuition choices feelings I don't ever want to go backwards, I quite like it. I like the freedom and I like the - What I set out to do was to make a big action-adventure movie that ticks all the boxes in terms of audience expectations and spectacle, and yet also make a very personal film and it feels like I've gotten away with that, I've managed that. Joe Wright expectations want adventure My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together. Joe Wright born together father I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me. Joe Wright lucky past years I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. Joe Wright knows 3D doesn't work quite so well with quick cuts and I probably would have done some longer takes had I really taken that information onboard. Joe Wright cutting done taken I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone. Joe Wright comfort-zone comfort ideas I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings. Joe Wright happy-endings fairytale ironic I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming. Joe Wright feels world One of the things I really love about 3D is that because as we grow older on eye weakens more than the other, 3D becomes more difficult for adults to watch than it is for children who have very balanced eyes often. Joe Wright adults eye children
