Greig Fraser Quotes

I find that on most films it's very difficult to have a backlit movie in an exterior.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

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

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier part of my career, I stumbled into doing 'Sports Night' and was a comedy director.

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

I like to direct for the big screen.

I love directing.

Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.

I took a film course in grade ten that made me want to direct, and I've always been making short films and home videos with my friends, so it's definitely something I wanna pursue as well.

The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

In a very real sense, all you do when you're shooting film or television is you shoot a scene, and then you shoot another scene, and then you shoot another scene.

My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images.