Excerpts:
On Writing
He thought I had to go through that writer's process and get it on paper. It's such an important testing ground for a story. They sent me off to do a couple drafts last summer, and it was brutal.
I'm not a writer and saw the truth in all those stories writers tell you. Wandering around the house, doing nothing all day, just waiting for that 20 minutes when the writing finally comes. It's all true.
It's a curse and a gift. It eludes you and then suddenly something comes and you go, that's it! And you get up the next morning and say, fucking hell! How did I write that?
I'm not a writer and saw the truth in all those stories writers tell you. Wandering around the house, doing nothing all day, just waiting for that 20 minutes when the writing finally comes. It's all true.
It's a curse and a gift. It eludes you and then suddenly something comes and you go, that's it! And you get up the next morning and say, fucking hell! How did I write that?
On Aron Ralston
The real fear was he was going to lose control of telling the story with his own voice. That control instinct is one of the things that helped him survive in the first place. He is a controlling man who was sent spiraling out of control by nature, deliberately. But he wouldn't give up control when I first met him in 2006. I think the reason he did in 2009 was the influence of his wife.
On James Franco, DiCaprio and Directing Actors
He's super bright. I could give him a long list, which you shouldn't do with an actor. It's one of the rules, you tell an actor no more than one thing, because they've got their own agenda running. I'd give him 10, and he would accommodate them.
I remember DiCaprio being the same. I didn't direct him as well, but he was hungry. Anything you could give him, he was like, more.
These are thoroughbreds. They want challenge and stimulation. You find yourself running out of ideas. You're like fucking hell, and you're running to keep up. You've got to be on your game, because he's going to turn around and say, what else? And you haven't got anything else.
On What's for the Audience
You're on a journey, and the things that are going on are tough. It is important that people know they've been through something, and that there is a reward attached to that. That reward is a profound sense of well being.
It's not the thrill sense of well being you got from watching Slumdog, with a feel-good ending and a dance song. This is a more serious, proper sense of well-being that you deserve after going through that with James.
We don't do a dance, but I wanted to celebrate that feeling with music and a sense of completion.
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