Robert Redford Quotes

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.

I took a film course in grade ten that made me want to direct, and I've always been making short films and home videos with my friends, so it's definitely something I wanna pursue as well.

I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in shots and orchestrating shots is not foreign to me at all.

As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.

The most creative phase of a film is in shooting, because structure is the defining element of that phase.

A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances, thinking 'How I am going to shoot this?'

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.

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.

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

I will say that 'Source Code' proved to be a very tricky film to shoot.

I love directing.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.