Christopher McQuarrie Quotes

With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

I love doing stunts. It's so much fun.

I haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work.

Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.

My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images.

I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work.

I can see how a person could get addicted to the adrenaline of moviemaking.

Stunts are really fun.

I'm not the best filmmaker, but on the sets, it seems like everybody is having fun.

Making surf films for a living isn't my business anymore, so it's really more of a way to get creative and have a lot of fun with it.

I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're reading it you're like, "Oh, I get to dive out a window? Cool! I get to jump off a building? Great!" So I love doing that stuff, it's like the stuff we used to do in high school to be stupid and fun.

It's great to do commercial movies; they are fun. You're doing stunts, you are running around, there is a lot of money involved in the production; there are incredible sets and designs.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

I love doing stunts.

I would love to do some crazy action or even a real romantic comedy. I think that would be really exciting.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.

I love action movies.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier part of my career, I stumbled into doing 'Sports Night' and was a comedy director.