Paul Walker Quotes

I want to make good films; I don't want to make films for the moment.

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.

Some films go so well, and some films are disappointing. It's the beauty of the craft. You get it right, and you get it wrong. You have tremendous highs, and you have tremendous lows. Hopefully, you learn from them and become better, as you go along.

The best education in film is to make one

Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else's part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

I'm very interested in film making. It's telling a story, fiction or non-fiction. I have been filmed quite a lot. Contrary to popular belief, filming isn't glamorous. It can be wearingly repetitious, as the same shot is taken over and over again.

For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.

I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.

A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.

When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.

Making a film is an incredibly technical undertaking.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.

I think film was my passion without it being declared like a job that I could have, or a career that I could have.

I enjoy making films and some experiences are better than others. Most of the time they're great experiences... but turning up to go to work on this every day was an absolute pleasure and that comes from the top.

Films have been my only passion in life. I have always been proud of making films and will continue taking pride in all my films. I have never made a movie I have not believed in. However, though I love all my films, one tends to get attached to films that do well. But I do not have any regrets about making films that did not really do well at the box office.

I have been directing and involved in producing and the creating of films for quite a while as well as acting. I always think in terms of what the director needs, and not just for this scene but for the film.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.