I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.
There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.
We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.
I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.
It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.
Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.
Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.
I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.
I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.
If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.
We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.
When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?
It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.
