Mani Ratnam Quotes

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

As a filmmaker, I'm very collaborative. I don't pretend to know everything that is needed to make a movie. What I like to do is get together with a group of people, starting with developing the story and bounce around ideas.

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. I never really understood how movies were made until that movie, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Since then, you've seen more and more and more, for all different kinds of films, about what goes into the process.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

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

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

Filmmaking is a real craft.

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could learn the craft, and got paid to learn the craft.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.

I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.