Quotes About Filmmaking

I think people think filmmaking is fun, but I've never thought that. For me it's always been a lot of work and pain and stress.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.

Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.

I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.

Ive always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

As a filmmaker, you want your work seen by the widest audience possible.

It was great working with Kevin Smith - just a dream.

I look at some of my work and say, "Oh, that's where I can be better." I want to continue to grow and do things that do scare me. I want to work with filmmakers who will help me go deeper in my work.

It's great working with directors and with somebody else's vision.

I'm not a huge Steven Spielberg nerd, but I know about him and I know of his work.

Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.

You don't usually meet directors on the streets.

Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.

I realized that filmmaking is an eminently scalable act. No matter how big or how small, there's joys and stresses that will all scale themselves magnificently to fit the production.

I'm deeply stressed as a filmmaker, and I know I'm not alone. The censorship crisis, the moral policing, the politics of it has most of us on edge. I'm scared to use certain words: like, if I use 'Bombay,' will there be a problem?

I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough.

I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to find time to escape for a few minutes.

Id been thinking about directing for a while. I write a lot, so I have a lot of scripts, and I have wanted to try this. I really enjoyed it, apart from directing myself - you kind of need another set of eyes on you, so that part was a little bit stressful.

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further.