Tony Goldwyn Quotes

Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.

'You Can Count On Me' took 20 days to shoot, and we had 50 days to shoot 'Margaret.'

After I finish any film, I move to the next one. It takes about a year to write and another six months are for pre-production and other things. You need a minimum of two-and-a-half months for the shooting of a new film. Then, I also edit my own film.

It takes a long time to put a movie together. It can take years.

We just started filming 'Stray Dog' really close to the finishing of 'Winter's Bone,' down in Southern Missouri.

When you shoot a movie so quickly you can't really afford to shoot a bunch of extra footage because you don't have that luxury.

Getting movies made is not as difficult as people think. Making movies is easy. You get a script, you get a director, you raise the money, you make the movie.

Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break.

Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

I do like the whole idea of going to a location to shoot a movie, and there is a start date and a finish date, and a lot of special things happen within those weeks.

Coming from the industry and maintaining contacts with producers and directors, I am very well aware that costs associated with movie production are a major factor in determining where films get made.

The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.

I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

When you're making a bigger movie, you have much bigger set pieces that require more time and more effort and more people.

Making a movie, under any circumstances, is a highly stressful occupation.

'Iron Man 3' was very educational. There's a train that starts moving which already has so many moving parts, and it's a constant process of animatics and storyboards and consulting meetings, and it's a very mechanical process once the script is written. It's sprawling, and they're throwing money at it to get these things accomplished.

I'm directing and writing the 'Big Stone Gap' movie.

You have to pace yourself. As a producer, you start with a concept and shepherd it through the script to the delivery of the film. It's a very long journey for an hour and 40 minutes of movie.

I'm eager to find the perfect film to shoot during my hiatus from 'Suits'.

I think that making a movie is not just making the movie - it is also about having thoughtful ideas and embracing all the aspects of its launch.