It's easy in a novel to be completely unambiguous about the relationship between animal and daemon simply by stating it outright; whereas you get very few opportunities to do this in an elegant way in a film. — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character. — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another. — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
The reason that stepmothers are often the bad guy in fairy tales is because people died in childbirth, all the time, so fathers remarried… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
“I wanted to believe that everyone would throw down their arms and embrace one another, drop the trappings of war and coercion and return… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
“And it's good-bye, good-bye, good-bye. Good-bye, my friends, I love you; good-bye, I'm sorry I didn't know you better; good-bye, I'm sorry you'll die… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
