“For me, rehearsal is only about blocking and pacing; it's not about pe...” — Robert Eggers Quote

For me, rehearsal is only about blocking and pacing; it's not about performance.

What I love about research is when I'm having a bad day and I can't write, I'll just research some more, I'll learn some more and I'll have better command of the world of the film.

When 'The Lighthouse,' bizarrely, became the film that people wanted to greenlight, it was really clear that those were the only two people to play the roles. And I knew that they would want to do it.

Cinemascope has become synonymous with 'epic,' and absolutely if you're shooting armies and certain kinds of vast landscapes, you do want that panoramic canvas to work on. But if you look at art history there's not a whole lot of epic paintings that are in that aspect ratio.

I'm very good at blocking out noise.

People want subways, folks... subways, subways. They don't want these damn streetcars blocking up our city!

There's so much to returning a kick. It's more than just left, right or middle. You've got to know who's blocking who and what the front line is doing. Everybody has to be on the same page.

Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.

Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.