Orson Welles Quotes

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who knows? Maybe Hollywood will make an improvisational movie someday.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

Obviously, I've been on sets before but nothing as big as 'Twilight.' You forget sometimes that you're on set of one of the biggest movies ever- so when you just sit back and think about it its just so incredible. It's such a great learning experience.

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.

But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

My perception of making a movie before I started making movies was that it would be like 'Spy Kids'.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I like working on big budget films.

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

I love making movies.

My intention is to do more films.