Quotes About Film

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.

It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.

In order to be an artist and an actor, like tackling the classics in the theater as well as film, there's lots of discipline, lots of work, physical work put in.

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

You realise the responsibility of carrying a film on your shoulders when people are investing money in you and they recognise the hard work you have to put in.

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

Action alone doesnt work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

I would love to work with Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I think they're wonderful actors.

I'm happy to work. I know things have changed recently, but I tend to prefer film. I don't know what it is.

The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film when I'm editing.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although I complain about it, but I do like it - and I just need to make the best film I can.

I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

It's fun to watch a true-blue movie star at work. They're really unbelievably charismatic. They understand camera angles.

For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.

Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.

John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.