George Tillman Jr. Quotes

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.

I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music videos and all the shots and setups to edit it all together. If I interact with a person, I'm seeing a whole scene come to life.

Working with George Miller was an education. It was eight college degrees in character development and directing all at once.

In a nutshell, directing 'The Gift' was all about understanding how the complex machine that is 'Game of Thrones' works.

Directing is a tremendous art.

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

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life.

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.