Keri Russell Quotes

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to really do that is to take on as many roles as possible, whether it be as an actor, an editor, a director, a cinematographer.

As an actor, we can only do what the director wants. Only the director has a vision of the entire film.

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.

I have the soul of a director.

Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.

We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.

Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I'm just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have.

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on.

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.