Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

One of the reasons why I think virtual reality, as a narrative format, is never going to go beyond the short-form immersion space is because the bedrock of visual storytelling is the reverse angle. If you can't look into the eyes of the protagonist, you cannot hold people's attention for more than 15 minutes.