With directing, your day is done. When you hit seven o'clock, it's "Cut." That's what it is. For better or worse, that's what you've got and you have to make that work, and there's something incredibly liberating about that because… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I like to foster an atmosphere on set of collaboration and openness and risk taking. The beauty is when you have such brilliantly talented people as I did in my cast, you definitely don't want to fetter them in any sense. You want them to be able to go out there and do their thing and feel confident in doing… — Dan Mazer Copy Share
I don't want to sound arrogant and say that I know everything about directing and I've got it cracked, but it was just all… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I've been on lots of film sets. I've produced films and written films and been around, so it wasn't my first rodeo in terms… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
It's incredibly easy as a director to be egotistical. Of course, it is because you have 200 people on set every day listening to your every word and whatever you say goes, and that can be slightly corrupting. And actually, to be a good director, you have to take ego out of it, because hopefully what you've done is surrounded… — Dan Mazer Copy Share
My casting process was slightly different and slightly interesting insofar as I knew everybody could act. That's something you've seen. You know people can.… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
So, as opposed to getting people in to read the script and read scenes with me, what I wanted to do was sit down… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic. — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging. — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
And then, movie-wise, I'm writing a couple of things. They're all comedies. It's the only way I know. I'm also being sent scripts, which… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're giving three… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy. — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
To me, there was an interesting movie to be made about two people who had been on that whirlwind romance and what happens after… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
