Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey. — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Most adaptations of plays I hate, because they don't envision something as cinema at all, you know? — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of get to… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Unlike other young actors I've worked with who will remain nameless, Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry would never go out partying after work, but… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
When I'm in the middle of making a movie, I have blinders on; it's all about just getting the movie out. — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Particularly in these high school-set movies, there's something about being in high school that's like a cauldron, a boiling pot of emotion and joy… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
If you look at the least effective of the 'Twilight' movies, it was when they brought in an action-movie director instead of a director… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them. — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
I read things and imagine them and then kind of start trying to kind of take what I imagine and make it visual for… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Daydreaming allows you to play out scenarios where you miraculously save the day. You play out scenarios in your head that are kind of… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
People need to be given enough so that they feel like they're not missing something. There's a thing that you have when you watch… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
In college, I stopped doing pre-med and went into theater, and then I moved to San Francisco and lived there for five years. — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
