Kenneth Branagh Quotes

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.

I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things. For me, I just love to work and I love movies.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.

I want to make a movie where people are, like, 'Whoa.'

I enjoy being an actor in my own movies.

I want to make movies like 'The Upside of Anger,' 'Maria Full of Grace,' old-school films like 'Some Kind of Wonderful' or 'Vision Quest': movies you remember songs and lines from.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an actor, professionally, but screenwriting was always something that I had a great interest in.

I learned first of all not to be intimidated by any visual effects that I don't understand. It can all be learned. You can then use them as tools to tell your story. I also learned that you have to be really vigilant, the more complex the movie, to not lose yourself and to not lose sight of the priority.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do.

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All of the language came to him very easily. 'The 400 Blows,' I felt, was a collage of all his childhood experiences. Every time he felt an Antoine Doinel film was necessary, he'd make one.

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.

When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works.

I love all kinds of movies. I'd especially like to make some, you know, violent crime drama.