Simon Baker Quotes

A good actor knows exactly what the camera wants, what the sound wants, where to find the light and how to tell a good through line and journey.

I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

Working with George Miller was an education. It was eight college degrees in character development and directing all at once.

The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you see that character portrayed up on screen, there is the work certainly of the actor, but there's the work of the editor, there's the work of what the camera was doing. What the music was doing, all of the above.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.

Being on a show like 'Fear the Walking Dead,' I started to learn more about camera work, learn more about the way the crew operates, and had more of a stronger opinion on how I think a television director can operate in the healthiest way.

Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.

'Mercury' is one of the most challenging projects I have worked on. From the nuances of the actors' expressions to the minute technicals of the movie, everything needed to be monitored and looked into. The actors were required to emote purely with their face.

Jason Reitman is an amazing director; he's really amazing with his actors and crew.

I think everything within film and TV helps inform every other role, so it's definitely helped my acting, being on the other side of the camera, and it's just given me a whole new appreciation for how hard everybody in the crew works.

I have only recently got interested in film, and it is a strange way of working in many ways. But actually, when it is at its best, it's quite an extraordinary way of working between a director and an actor, to really explore an inner life.

I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

I did a lot of theater, so especially as an on-camera camera actor, there are so many things that aren't in your toolbox. They're somebody else's job. You think about editors and rhythm. Volume isn't even in your control.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

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 think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Consistency is very important when you're making films.

Of course, a movie is in constant flux.