Alex Graves Quotes

I think directing is something I would really enjoy.

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

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

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.

When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums.

Architecture has a strong link with the movies in terms of time progression, sequencing, framing, all of that.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

I think films are bigger than structure.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people.

I think you can achieve things in television that you can't achieve on film, and I think we managed to do a lot of that in the first season of 'Lost.'

As the director of a film, as the story teller, you have to keep your voice alive.

I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies, and I think those became my film school in terms of acting and watching directors work and also writing and co-writing and producing.

Theatre is an actor's medium. An actor has little control over a film. Which is why most actors who have done theatre, and then come to films find the former more creatively satisfying.