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I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

When I first moved from photography to filmmaking, I was worried about how big I had to become. I was one person, or maybe me and an assistant, and I had these small cameras, and maybe a flash.

I'm looking to produce more stuff: TV shows, commercials, music videos and short films. I'm building my catalog so I can have some fun in between the times that I get to a movie.

I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.

I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.

We had two cameras, so they could turn it on and shoot as much as we wanted. You don't have to worry about wasting money on film. A lot more takes are possible.

I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music videos. I've only ever been behind the camera. Never in front of it.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

I learned how to tell stories with Jay-Z on 'City Is Mine.' I learned how to film and choreograph dancing on 'Can I Get A...,' and I got to kind of be a documentary filmmaker with 'Hard Knock Life.'

When I film my music videos, I always try to fulfill a part of my dream of being a filmmaker.

In college, I interned at a production company and spent a lot of time on sets. I love music videos and felt I could be experimental and hone my craft in that genre, so I started there.

The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so many different ideas, but they need to understand what the musician wants.

We should not confuse having a Flip camera with making a documentary.

I really missed what I'd done on Rogers Cable, which was shooting and editing all my own stuff.

The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos.

If it was a risk, I wouldn't have done 'Baahubali.'

I was working in commercials and music videos, always with the goal of working in feature films.

I really enjoy behind the camera stuff and I'm a frustrated photographer myself and just love the camera. I love that side of it and that part of the filmmaking world and I enjoy developing things. It's an area that I'll continue to be more active in as time goes by.

Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film.

I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.

I was just this video-store guy and now I was actually making movies and stuff.

I was free always. I could work without the money, to film this and that. But this is another point, because now I'm alone, and I can just use it when I want. I think the digital cameras have changed my view. Even though sometimes, including the installations that I show, I mix 35mm filming and video handmade.

Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.