Quotes About Filmmaking

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.

I think eventually I'd love to get into directing.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie.

Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place.

Directing is literally what I've always wanted to do, ever since I was a kid. So I love the career I've built behind the camera.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.

I completely love directing.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

I like working as a director most.

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

It's usually the exact same three things which are, the Scripts, the Director and the Role those are the three things I look for and really any two of them, If I get two of them that's usually enough, but definitely those are the things I look for.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

I am blessed to have got a chance to work with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Nikhil Advani at such an early age.

I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.