'Room' was a particularly cohesive group, crew and cast. Lenny Abrahamson castcohesivecrow Change image and share on social
As a filmmaker, I've sat on the other side, and I've watched when people I know have a film, and it's doing really well, and people are talking about it in all the trades, and everybody is excited about it, and I've always thought, 'Hmm, what would that be like?' Lenny Abrahamson excitefilmfilmmaker share on social
Hollywood is probably the most active centre of film-making in the world, but it's also a very difficult place in which to find your voice... It was also a far more civilised industry in Ireland. Lenny Abrahamson activecentrecivilise Change image and share on social
I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors. Lenny Abrahamson directorguesshave Change image and share on social
'Frank''s really different from everything I've done. Maybe the one thing that's the same, and the thing that I tend to do, is that I think I can create an intimacy with the characters, like a sense of presence with the people in the film, and that's what I tried to do in 'Room' as well. Lenny Abrahamson charactercreatefilm share on social
I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante. Lenny Abrahamson changedilettantefascinate share on social
When we say 'cinematic', we tend to think John Ford and vistas and wide-open spaces. Or we think of kinetic camera movement or of a certain number of cinematic styles, like film noir. Lenny Abrahamson cameracinematicfilm Change image and share on social
I'm Irish; I grew up in Ireland, and it's impossible to separate my background from who I am as a filmmaker. Lenny Abrahamson backgroundfilmmakergrow Change image and share on social
I was a bachelor for a long time, and I got into all these really lazy habits work-wise. I'd just work as long as I wanted into the night. There was no structure. Lenny Abrahamson bachelorhabitlazy Change image and share on social
I've been in rooms where people are discussing films that have yet to come out and saying delightedly, 'Oh, I've heard it's a disaster!' The jealousy is unseemly. Lenny Abrahamson delightedlydisasterdiscuss Change image and share on social