Chris Eigeman Quotes

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.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.

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 as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

As much as my primary vocation is that of an actor, if anything, I feel like I am more excited about filmmaking in general, so it's not always a specific role that I'm attracted to, but rather an entire piece that I want to be a part of.

I love filmmaking as a process and acting is one element that is dear to me.

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

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.

I want to write, act, and direct!

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

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I'm definitely moving towards directing because I'm naturally a writer, and I think a good director edits, writes, and has acted a little bit. He's done a little bit of everything, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

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

I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

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

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

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'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more.

Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera.