Timur Bekmambetov Quotes

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

There are a couple of stories that I have in my head for which I feel like I should collaborate with people. So yes, if I would like to direct, I would also like to write whatever I direct.

Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come to life. There's something amazing about that.

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is.

I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy.

If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different medium through which to tell them.

I'm a journalist, and I'm a filmmaker. I have an organization that's all about telling stories.

I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas.

If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I've been doing documentaries for about 25 years and want to continue to do that, but I love the idea of working in a different medium. Advertising pushes the envelope creatively, and there is some really great work being done right now, so I'm excited to jump into it.

Every film's different; every story is so different. But I think I've always been attracted to try to take something minimal and to maximize it cinematically. To find out if I can I really go all the way with one idea.

If you have something to say, a movie is a really great medium to say it. It doesn't matter what the message is.

In my own life, I've written scripts that I want to direct, so I would love to take my own creativity in a way where I could tell my own story. That does inspire me, the idea of becoming a director.

I come from music videos and commercials, where style is a big part of the whole world. I've always tried to add that to whatever I'm doing.

I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting.

Directing is an act of interpretation.

I like to direct what I write.

I make my living by shooting ad-films, and, in fact, that's how I began my career.