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 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 hug sitting laughing 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 winning philosophy thinking 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 important military doe 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 war reality people 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 scripts now-and-then Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you're in this moment of conflict. Gavin Hood conflict awful military 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 mean years thinking 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 different race jobs 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-ability cameras black 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 because things you focus 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 experience time beauty character 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 game good simple revenge 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 think finance problem book 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 find will you money I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production. Gavin Hood think management forget people It is a myth to think that sometimes creative disagreement doesn't necessarily produce a better result. Gavin Hood result better think sometimes 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 you truth life people 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 your know me you 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 game experience waiting father When you're used to looking through a stills lens and you have to capture an emotional moment, and that picture is not moving and yet it has to have impact, I think that's the first influence on my style. Gavin Hood looking moment you style
