Quotes About Film

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to do it." So I went ahead and drafted it.

I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan I would faint if I met him, let alone got to work with him.

I've always loved [Elsa Dorfman] work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the reasons to make the film is to expose Elsa, hopefully, to a wider audience.

Directing a film is a lot of work.

In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my work in each film.

Over the course of my career, I've had the great fortune of working with some incredible filmmakers who have protected me and inspired me and taught me what an honor it is to work in film.

Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work.

I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen.

I don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film.

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

Hopefully, I'll just get to be part of good films and work with good people, and that's how it will develop.

You can have a great time on a film and the chemistry can seem great but then you look at the finished film and it just doesn't quite gel, something doesn't quite work.

I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.

I really wanted to work in the American industry because it's the leading industry. It's where film and television started.

Seeing David Mackenzie's work in "Starred Up," I thought that was a wonderful film.

There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire. You can love a script, but if it doesn't have a good director, it won't be that.