Gore Verbinski
Gore Verbinski
Gregor "Gore" Verbinskiis an American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician. He is best known for directing the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean film saga, The Ring, and Rango. Verbinski is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His most recent film, The Lone Ranger, was released in 2013. Verbinski won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2012 for his animated action-comedy western Rango. With his films having a collective worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 March 1964
CityOak Ridge, TN
CountryUnited States of America
Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.
I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.
I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.
There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.
All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.
For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.
Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.
I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.
I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.
I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.
Drama is drama, and it's really... if it's something small, you put a magnifying glass up to it; if it's something big, you use a wide lens.
Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.
Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pulled from several different takes - how do you translate that spontaneity from the live-action to the digital realm?
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.