Shooting digitally would not have been easier. Cameras are the same size. I always shoot on film unless I have a reason not to, which I haven't had yet. — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share Image
These days in movies you can always come back to a location or do an insert or do something, so that's not even an… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
The hard part on the subway is that you have, let's say, eight hours, but you have to hit these deadlines. From here to… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
If you do any thriller or horror movie a big part of the process is accounting for the cell phone. — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
You have to think of each stage of the movie and how it progresses, get into the state of mind of the character, and… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
Obviously in the close-ups we bring extras around or we do it later, but them running in and the big shots, they don't know.… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
I could only shoot when the subway was on the other platform. Little things like that, and the platform is very narrow. It's not… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
I think video is very useful, but it's very useful when you want a certain reality. — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
You know how hard it is to swim take after take and perform the next day swimming again? Me, I'm a terrible swimmer, but… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
You have to offer sort of an evolution visually and do things like you've never seen before, like a fight between two men in… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
It's hard to do a camera inside of a car. Non-Stop would have been impossible. Usually modern lenses you can focus up to the… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
Anamorphic is very difficult because the distance from the lens to the person to focus is very long so you need a lot of… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do that. — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share
