Filmmaking Quotes

"I don't know if anyone will ever sit me down and make me do a blockbuster." "When I was a screenwriter, I was doing the work so that I could keep making a living. I wasn't really thinking, I want to be remembered for writing this movie" "You're trying to put different rhythms in the film to engage the viewer." "Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing" "I’ve always been interested in the concept that every film is a puzzle to be solved" "I think when you have to do 20 takes for a scene, it gets a little gratuitous there." "Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing" "I want to work with great directors because they're the ones that are going to make me better" "The most exciting thing about film is it gives you a voice, it lets you be heard" "There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it Tha" "I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else" "I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited." "The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it." "Film is the art of lying, 24 lies per second." "The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film" "When you have a good script, you're almost in more trouble than if you have a terrible script" "As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process" "My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot" "I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, film is a director's medium. The director is in charge, it's their vision, and you are there as an actor to execute their vision."