Shia LaBeouf Quotes

I don't think people understand what it takes to make a movie unless they've experienced it themselves or been around it. It's a miracle every time you make a movie, and a bigger miracle if it turns out well.

What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in... but it sure is beautiful.

That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end.

The frustration of a movie is that you are creating a new business every time you go off to make one, and in a funny way, that's what's exciting.

You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because you really are the leader and the captain.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

I like the feeling of making things. It's very very rewarding. And filmmaking is that type of experience, where you're forced to collaborate with so many people. You're involved in the beginning to end, you're involved with so many elements, and when it's done, you're like, 'I made this movie.'

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.

We stayed there 24 hours a day. We lived and ate and slept that movie. We were enthusiastic, not just because of the movie, but because we had such a great collaborative team. We had a really good time. It was very much a family.

Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.

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.

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

I love making movies.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you.

For a film to be made is a small miracle. And sometimes it's a large one.