Tyler Perry Quotes

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.

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I learn a new thing every single day about acting, about directing, about producing.

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

You never know what to expect when you're a writer visiting a movie set.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

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.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn't really got involved. It was just somehow - and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater.

When I was shooting 'Mud,' every day was my favourite! I had so much fun on this film and loved working with all the cast and crew! It was a great experience.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.

What I love most is the art, is making art, acting and being on set, and being a part of the process of making a movie.

I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

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 really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'

Being on a film set, you are always around such fantastic people. And I feel like I've been lucky. I feel like I've worked with the best of the best.

I feel I have learnt a lot on the sets of 'Beyond The Clouds,' and it will be a life-long learning for me.

When you are scripting, the scene, the dialogues, everything comes before you, taking final shape. That is truly the most creative aspect of filmmaking and that is what I enjoy the most.

I had watched 'Stanley Ka Dabba' and wanted to be a part of Gupte's kind of cinema. As an actor, I am hungry for diverse roles and my sole aim is to learn as much I can from him.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

A day on a film set is maddening.