People like to see their lives mythologized in some way.
Directing is an act of interpretation.
As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This is how I intended it, this is how I want to shoot it, and these are the decisions that I'll live by,' I think directing is a logical conclusion of mine.
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.
Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.
I don't really watch a load of 'Game Of Thrones.'
We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds.
Filming in India was very special. The chaos, the noise, and the sensory overload was all really wonderful. It was a new world to me, and being able to capture that was incredible.
The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of filmmakers are interested in exploring.
A lot of the best stories are now being told on television.
