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 actorexertextra share on social
It's a circus life, the movies. It's a lot of travelling, a lot of antisocial hours; there's a lot of it that's about escaping from life. Paul Greengrass antisocialcircusescape Change image and share on social
To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day. Paul Greengrass dayeighteenfilm Change image and share on social
Ultimately, if you look at all my films from 'Bloody Sunday' on, they're steeped in a post-9/11 atmosphere. 'United 93' is directly about 9/11, of course, but every one of the movies deals with paranoia, mistrust, and fear. Paul Greengrass atmospherebloodydeal share on social
Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. Paul Greengrass actendfind share on social
I just don't get on with institutions. I need simple relationships with people who believe in me. Paul Greengrass institutionpeoplerelationship Change image and share on social
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 classicalcutdirector share on social
The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional. Paul Greengrass airplanepeopleunexceptional Change image and share on social
Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine. Paul Greengrass audienceauthenticitydivine Change image and share on social
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 bournedatefilm share on social