John Curran
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 September 1960
CountryUnited States of America
decided ended lived york
I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I decided to get out of here. I wanted to go live in Australia for a year or something, and it ended up being 18 years.
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In my experience, not just in shooting films but in the commercials I've done, initially, it's very exciting for the community, and its a real novelty. Very quickly, though, they realize there's a buck to be had, and it becomes annoying, and they lose their patience pretty quick.
everybody
I'm not the kind of director who imposes his processes on everybody else.
everybody good host time
I like to think of myself as the host at a party, and, if everybody is having a good time, so much the better.
door knew lock soon switched
As soon as they switched over, I knew it was Kristi on the ground. They said Kristi Yamaoka, and I was out the door. I didn't lock my door or anything.
alan perfectly
There's something about Alan Arkin. Even when he's doing nothing, he makes me laugh. I've always had that reaction to him: he's got a weary world-view that makes him perfectly cast.
came eight family guess kids sort
I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes.
The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.
A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is.
clout fringe genre good
As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made.
comfort desire felt needed outside running shake spirit time
The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.
against bullet good overcome silver threats
The threats out there are all manageable. We don't have a silver bullet against any of them, but there is nothing that can't be overcome with good practices.
films hit moved onto opportunity somebody wall
Like a lot of films at the end of 2008, they hit a wall with financing, which is why I moved back onto 'Stone.' In doing so, I had to let go of 'The Beautiful and the Damned,' to at least give them an opportunity to move forward with somebody else.
alone personally
I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.