Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.
I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.
I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.
It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.
The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.
Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
In terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas.
Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney.
I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.
There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.
I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.