Filmmaking Quotes

"I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, film is a director's medium. The director is in charge, it's their vision, and you are there as an actor to execute their vision." "My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot" "As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process" "When you have a good script, you're almost in more trouble than if you have a terrible script" "The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film" "Film is the art of lying, 24 lies per second." "The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it." "I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited." "I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else" "I don't know if anyone will ever sit me down and make me do a blockbuster." "The most exciting thing about film is it gives you a voice, it lets you be heard" "I want to work with great directors because they're the ones that are going to make me better" "Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing" "I think when you have to do 20 takes for a scene, it gets a little gratuitous there." "I’ve always been interested in the concept that every film is a puzzle to be solved" "Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing" "Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "You're trying to put different rhythms in the film to engage the viewer." "When I was a screenwriter, I was doing the work so that I could keep making a living. I wasn't really thinking, I want to be remembered for writing this movie" "You can have a great script, and it can be set in the most exotic location, but if you don't have the right cast, it's just not going to work."