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A big part of filmmaking is gathering a group of people you can work with.

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For me, I always think of the image of sweeping out my footprints as I walk through a scene.

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I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'

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Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.

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I can just remember being broke, wondering if I had any talent - really wondering whether this was all a fantasy - but I had to get out there and keep trying.

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Hollywood is probably the most active centre of film-making in the world, but it's also a very difficult place in which to find your voice... It was also a far more civilised industry in Ireland.

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As with any actor and any collaborator, it's about forming a trusting relationship. And that's not that you have to get him to trust you so you can get him to do what you want. Especially with a little kid, it's about making them feel really safe, and getting to know and not treating them as a puppet to be moved around.

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Frank's really different from everything I've done. Maybe the one thing that's the same, and the thing that I tend to do, is that I think I can create an intimacy with the characters, like a sense of presence with the people in the film, and that's what I tried to do in 'Room' as well.

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There are more ways to make 'Room' badly than well.

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I've been in rooms where people are discussing films that have yet to come out and saying delightedly, 'Oh, I've heard it's a disaster!' The jealousy is unseemly.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Director

Born: January 26th, 1966

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