Emma Thompson Quotes

My dad was in these pretty big films that were relevant to my age group. I remember him doing 'Richie Rich' when I was eight-years-old, and then 'Jumanji.' I remember going to these sets, and I loved being on film sets. I just found it fascinating watching how stories were made.

If you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

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

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

We shot 'Skateland' in the end of 2008, in Shreveport, Louisiana just between the border of East Texas and Louisiana - and we shot 'Battle: Los Angeles' at the end of 2009, also in Shreveport. So I know a lot about Shreveport.

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

Quite a few movies are starting to film in Florida.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.

There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

You can't make a movie about making movies - it's boring.

Xavier Gens is probably the busiest filmmaker that I know.

I think what's so great about making your first feature film is that you're so naive in some ways; you don't know what to expect, and you don't question things as much because you're just trying to figure it out as you go.

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.