Taylor Hackford Quotes

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.

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

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

I don't consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

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

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.

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

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

If you're involved in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself.

I always wanted them to look like Hollywood movies; I just didn't know how to do it.

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

Finding where to put the camera is probably the most important thing you have to learn when you're a young director, and it's something that's a mixture of instinct and technique.

Everything about camera movement, about how film was made, shot architecture, and time management... I was horrible at all that.