Robert Wise Quotes

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

I think a film is made with each and every cast member. If the casting is strong, half our job is done. Then, even the mundane line is delivered in a great fashion.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that sort of stuff. Casting. On the set there's not a lot for me to do.

A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors' reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up and do some acting.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

These are extremely talented actors who are all putting their talents into the Lost in Space movie.

I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

I would love to produce a film.

Directing a film is a lot of work.

Sitting down for the actor read when you first get together, it's like the Last Supper because you don't know who will be there for the next read.

As an actor, you see a sliver of how the show is made, but to see the actual writing process and the re-writing process and the casting process and art direction and set design - all of this is happening in a very intense period.

Making a film is a challenge.

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.

A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.

When we make a film like 'TWM Returns,' it is important that we don't think of bettering anything. It's like a baby being born: all you can hope for is the best. But you can't decide how the baby is going to look. Similarly with the movie - you can't think of making it better; you only can think of making the best film possible.

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

As for direction, I definitely do not have the patience or the resilience to make a film. Directing a film is very, very hard.