A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
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Frank Darabont
My editor and I had a theory that if the movie engages their attention, they won't mind sitting there for three hours - which I find true myself.
Frank Darabont
He's got such a spark of humanity, real humanism, in his work, even in the more obviously horror pieces, ... That's what I found most compelling about this story. It was a hell of an emotional journey.
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And I've come to a place where I'm really very anxious to be focusing on getting my own movies made and not wrestling with other people's problems and other people's deadlines.
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