Success stems from the producer creating the optimal conditions for the filmmaker’s own creative process. Not from steering the filmmaker through a one-size-fits-all approach.
There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.
I love the creative process, of getting to create your own show or your own movie, whatever it is you want to do, and have the resources to try and make that happen.
Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I’m doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn’t embraced by anyone else.
Howard Shore, who’s an amazing film composer, told me once that it’s 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even within the creative process, like being a producer, you’re really managing people and getting the best out of them.
Choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, ourselves.
The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I’ve ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.
The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much execute it.
Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.
