Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what's really important to you, and once you have identified what those these things are for any particular sequence, you hold onto them and don't… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I had this total obsession that I would have my first movie at the Empire when I was 24, so it was a big disappointment that it didn't happen. — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
One of my biggest fears as a director is that everything is taking too long on camera. The actor saying their lines, the silence… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I realized I loved working in television as well as film. Besides, if I hadn't been forced to look for work in TV, I'd… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I try to approach all episodic work the same. No matter the content. I look for a dramatic or emotional spine to the story… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
Getting a bunch of horses to just stand there all day and do nothing is much harder than getting them to run around. — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I love the humor of 'Monty Python.' I always remember being so impressed by how violent 'Monty Python' are, actually, when you look at… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
Sci-fi works for me as a way of getting across a social conceit couched as entertainment. Social realist movies lost their way because they… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
The shift for me, after spending a long time trying to take existing projects and bring them to fruition as a director for hire,… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
Piano is unique in that way: it can be both percussive and haunting. — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I think that as television is evolving, the line between TV and film is becoming more and more blurred. This is both a good… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I think that being a Wildling is essentially about surviving the cold, and in that department, the extras on our shoot excelled and needed… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
I have a tendency to feel a bit embarrassed when approached, but it's such a thrill to know that you did something that people… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
