In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real. Paul Greengrass More Quotes by Paul Greengrass More Quotes From Paul Greengrass Making a film, every film, is a big gamble, large or small. The more that you do it, the more you're aware of that. Paul Greengrass more small big you With a franchise movie, it's got to turn the wheels of the industry, and the studio has to have them. So you start with a release date. They say we're going to make a new 'Bourne' film, and it comes out summer of X. Then they start on a script, and invariably, the script is not ready in time. Paul Greengrass new start you time In my little imperfect way, what I'm trying to do is understand the world. As a filmmaker, you realize as you get older that each film is part of a dialogue you're having with yourself. That started when I was working in documentaries. And in a way, I've never deviated from it. Paul Greengrass yourself you way world Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It's such an odd thing to end up doing. Paul Greengrass end doing childhood loneliness I'd always suspected my face wouldn't fit in drama departments. And it never did! Paul Greengrass face never always drama I just don't get on with institutions. I need simple relationships with people who believe in me. Paul Greengrass me simple believe people Studio people are bright. Empowering. They don't want to have to interfere creatively. That's their horror story, too. Paul Greengrass story horror want people I always tell young film-makers, 'Find the song that only you can sing.' It doesn't just come to you. It's trial and error and disappointment before you find, slowly but surely, the confidence to express your film-making identity. Paul Greengrass you confidence disappointment song Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake. Paul Greengrass only own action character Acting is many things, and one is an exercise of will. In any given scene, you're trying to find where the drama and conflict is and then deploy the actors to play at that point of conflict with precision, control, and complete will. Paul Greengrass control will you conflict It's no good in a scene to have one actor lie down because the scene says it's the other actor's moment. Each actor has to believe that with extra will, the outcome of a scene can be different. An actor can win the scene if he exerts the most powerful will in that moment. Paul Greengrass good win moment believe The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view. Paul Greengrass view you important journey My films express me, my sense of rhythm, my sense of impact, my sense of kinetic energy. I like films to move, but I like also clear storytelling and characters, and most of all, I like authentic emotion. Paul Greengrass me impact emotion energy All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that you have a script, and it's very linear. There's a script, then you're going to shoot the script ,and then you cut that, and then that's the end of the film. And that's never really been how I've seen it. Paul Greengrass end view never you Very few people do bad things because they're bad. They generally do bad things because they think they're the right thing to do, but they're misplaced. Paul Greengrass bad things think people What attracts me to Bourne's world is that is a real world, and I think I'm most comfortable there. But I come to a Bourne movie to have fun as a filmmaker, to strut my stuff, and that's part of the fun of franchise filmmaking. Paul Greengrass have-fun think me world One of the things that makes the Bourne movies so exciting, I think, is you do get to go on a journey. Generally, through the franchise, that journey is in Europe. Paul Greengrass movies think you journey
