Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont
Frank Arpad Darabontis a French-Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career he was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Fly II. As a director he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novels such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 January 1959
CityMontbeliard, France
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The tone of The Green Mile is so delicate and dramatic.
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I should thank God or somebody for inventing Michael Clarke Duncan,
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There was obviously a concern, because nobody sets out to make a three-hour movie. Nobody particularly wants that.
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You never know where your best intentions will get derailed, where challenges can defeat you.
Well, I think it's important to always have a sense of humor.
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Well, if you focus on the human story, everything else is gravy.
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I'll take a walk up on the hill or whatever, just get out and let my mind float around the problem rather than trying to attack it directly.
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Because I've really got to fall in love before I want to direct again. I don't want to do it just to do it.
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But hey, as they say in The Godfather, this is the business we have chosen. Things turn out, sometimes they don't.
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I really don't think that by the time we're trying to get the audience to see Fahrenheit 451 they're going to be confused with Michael Moore's movie at all.
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I love having a context of a certain period of time in which to tell a story.
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Every aspect of directing is kind of a difficult one for me.
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It's true, I am a control freak and I am incredibly anal-retentive, as my friend Stephen King has pointed out.
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