Dolly Wells Quotes

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.

I like writing because when I grow up, I'm going to be a script writer and a director.

The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.

When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'

You know as a director what you want, but the film is smarter than you, the film says no, the film says there's something more here.

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.

Ultimately, it has been a struggle- but I was in Minneapolis and Austin a couple of weeks ago, sitting in theaters with complete strangers watching this weird movie that Kirk and I thought up and I was excited to be making film.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't care about the story that they're telling; I really only care about who wants to tell it.

Every time you work, it's a new film, and generally when you work with auteurs, people that write and direct their films, there's always an originality.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.

I want to make my own movie.

I've directed independent film.

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

There are lot of people I'd wanna work with, but Wes Anderson, I would just wanna sit down with the guy. If he would ever put me in one of his movies, that would be the end.

Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come to life.

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

The kind of work I do and the films I believe in, I had to take charge of making that kind of cinema.

Writers are first directors. When directing our own scripts, we would have a better vision and clarity than directing the stories penned by others. I personally think that a writer's job is tough than a director's.

I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my best, and this is it, and there's nobody to blame but me.'