George Tillman, Jr.
George Tillman, Jr.
George Tillman Jr.is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth26 January 1969
CountryUnited States of America
hard movies
Sometimes I get into the movies and into the roles; it's hard for me to move on.
families family hundred several
Several hundred years ago, the only thing that slave families had was cooking and their family meals.
best job money responsibility schedule time work
It's my responsibility to make the movie work with the schedule and money we have. It's my job to get the best movie we can do in the time we have.
business deluded
I'm in this business to make films, not get deluded by the system. The system is set up to give you a headache.
I think it's important that a director be able to know his characters inside and out.
men niro robert shoot
I shoot a lot of film - that's one of the things I try to do, and it's one of the things I learned how to do with Robert De Niro on 'Men of Honor.'
bringing family food metaphor realized
I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.
bonds call families food kept loved soul time together
I call it soul food, and I call it compassion food because it kind of bonds loved ones together. It kept families together for a long time.
eating felt food labor love
Food was a labor of love you felt by cooking it and eating it.
country character men
That was exciting man, because the killer is a different kind of character. There are a lot of people who wanted to play the role. I'm happy that Sony and CBS took a chance on a new face. I like the idea that he is from a different country. He has a British sensibility. I like that Billy Bob has a darker edge.
interesting feel-good film
Instead of saying, ah, I don't have the money, just embrace it and do what we can do. And the scenes that we film and the characterizations in the scenes can come out interesting. And I really feel good about that, going into it.
school interesting done
It's going back to old school, the way it was done and I'm finding out there is something different, a little interesting. There is something just a little fresh about it because I haven't seen it done like that in a little while. I'm embracing it, you know.
real character thinking
is grey, and I like that about all the characters, the killer, the driver... the movie has a very unlikely Hollywood ending, at the same time it helps you for a sequel too. Those are the things that I think are attractive, it's more, its real life, and people can identify with it and it just grounds it to a certain degree. That's the reason why.
character together stories
I just felt like, you know, I read a lot of scripts out in L.A., out here in the industry and I just felt like this film was just being genuine. I just felt like it had really great characters. And all the three different characters have completely different stories and they're all kind of intertwined together thematically. So I just thought it had great characters, great themes