One of the great things about Marvel is that they allow you to take pieces of the character and storylines from the comics and doing your own thing with that. — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Especially as an independent director, when you're writing something on spec and you're trying to get it sold, you create this entire world in… — Anna Boden Copy Share
I think the most valuable thing that we've done at festivals is meet other filmmakers. — Anna Boden Copy Share
I'm a very superstitious person. I come from a long line of superstitious people, so it's not going anywhere. For instance, we have this… — Anna Boden Copy Share
We can always connect with all of our characters on a human level, but a lot of them took a lot of observation and… — Anna Boden Copy Share
You want the character to keep being able to grow through the process of writing, through the process of filming, and editing, you want… — Anna Boden Copy Share
When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about… — Anna Boden Copy Share
With 'Half Nelson,' we went to Sundance and then we just bam, bam, bam, festival, festival, festival, festival and then we released in August. — Anna Boden Copy Share
There are studios out there and we have met them who take the movie away from the filmmaker and don't want them to have… — Anna Boden Copy Share
I think I was 10 when I saw my first R-rated movie, 'Stand by Me,' in the theater. — Anna Boden Copy Share
We like to create an atmosphere where people can try whatever they want and experiment. But ultimately people tend to fall on the script… — Anna Boden Copy Share
It's nice to work with the same people. You don't have to be polite. You know each other's likes and dislikes, and you don't… — Anna Boden Copy Share
The first time Brie Larson was really on our radar as somebody who we wanted to work with was 'Short Term 12.' — Anna Boden Copy Share
