James Watkins Quotes
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As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is not going to be the same as the director's vision. It doesn't mean one is better or worse; it means they're different.
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In Zagreb, the Old Town really could be Prague. You go two hours to the coast to Opatija, and you really could be in the South of France, in the Croatian Riviera. And then you head down the coast towards Split, and you get into more Turkish architecture, so you can double Istanbul.
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We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds.
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I think audiences are far too sophisticated now to have an English actor putting on a Russian accent - it feels fake.
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A lot of the best stories are now being told on television.
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Directing is an act of interpretation.
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So long as states enact fiduciary laws that don't impact a pension plan like a 401(k), they have every right to act.