The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let’s do the best story we can. Let’s not worry about production issues. ‘How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?’ Let’s not set up those constraints on the writing. I don’t think it helps the project to work like that.
Jose Padilha Quotes
Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.
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| Birth: | 1st August, 1967 |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Profession: | Director, Producer, Writer |
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José Padilha is a Brazilian film director, producer and writer. He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within and the 2014 remake RoboCop. He has won the Golden Bear for Elite Squad in 2008.
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