My low-budget films, more than anything, taught me that you've GOT to create cool, likable CHARACTERS and great stories because, if you don't, it doesn't MATTER how cool it MIGHT look - no one is going to care about it.
Read MoreI've got everything against likable characters. Likable characters are usually completely forgettable, and we don't REALLY care. I think we love villains... PRECISELY because they SHOW us these DISTURBING complexities that I don't think nice characters do.
Read MoreI went to Eton, that's a SLIGHTLY CONTROVERSIAL issue, but it's an INTERESTING SUBJECT to try and come across as likable and self-aware and possibly even defeat a COUPLE of stereotypes.
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