Quotes About Filmmaking

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I mean I would still love to be in Mel Brooks' movies; he's great.

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Ben Affleck inspired me and reignited my love for acting and filmmaking. It was a big part of getting me to a place where I felt inspired to make my own movie.

I would love to be able to get behind the camera and direct actors. I think that would be a lot of fun.

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

For me, I am a huge fan of Sofia Coppola and Lynn Shelton. I love Lena Dunham, like everybody else. I love Kathryn Bigelow.

Some of the mini-worlds that filmmakers have created are so ingrained in my love of culture.

I love walking onto the set and the blindfold is taken off and then everything I do is fresh and in the moment. That's why I loved working with Darren Aronofsky.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

I'm always trying to make movies. It's what I love to do more than anything. I love to write and direct.

'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be a journalist, and then it made me want to be a filmmaker.

When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn't know what a documentary film was.

'Sabotage' was an opportunity. That was journeyman work, but the irony is I learned more off that movie on what filmmaking is and isn't than everything else combined. A lot of lessons, and it will impact me for the rest of my career.

The crazy thing about independent filmmaking is that you're so judged on your first film. It almost needs to be one of those groundbreaking 'I've-never-seen-that-before'-type movies.

I find it difficult to direct myself in my films and so I avoid taking on any major roles in my films as I feel my judgement might be flawed.

The way Apatow works, you do it scripted a couple times, and then he just kind of lets you go and improvise.

We never intended to be comedic directors; it was just something we fell into.

But acting is just something I do. It's not a passion like filmmaking is.

I loved Keaton. In fact, when I made the chase sequence in 'What's Up, Doc,' I said, 'This is a Buster Keaton chase.'

A filmmaker chooses an actress keeping the best interest of the film in mind. If he doesn't cast you, it doesn't mean there's a personal agenda. Change is constant, and if you have agreed to be part of this industry, you will have to go with the change. The films and filmmakers, even the audience has changed.