Filmmaking Quotes

"You can have a great script, and it can be set in the most exotic location, but if you don't have the right cast, it's just not going to work." "It’s very important that the film reveals something to you about the artist that makes it." "I want people to come away from my films not only entertained but also a little encouraged to be a better person." "I think that I am actually more demanding of a director than any of the actors that I work with. I am a nightmare for directors because I have very strange visions of what I want." "With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a great script the job is pierced with pleasure " "I think filmmaking is a team effort but I also think there's such a thing as too many cooks" "A movie is a combination of a thousand little ideas- It's not just one big idea" "I'm happiest when I'm on set. It's like therapy for me." "The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself" "Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever" "I find that in the process of making a film you’re constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning" "I reject the concept that comic books in movies are a genre. I have been fighting that for many years, with the powers-that-be in Hollywood" "When you are dealing with approximately two-plus hours every few years to do a story, you don’t have the luxury of having excessive screen time to explore… supporting characters" "If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."