Jonah Hill Quotes

To write, you have to know how to act and know about directing. To act, you also need to know how to write and direct.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

In order to make a film, you have to operate on many different levels, making all these different forms of expression converse, and so I just followed that intuition.

James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing - is there anything you can do?

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come to life.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.

I learn a new thing every single day about acting, about directing, about producing.

'Just' writing is every bit as important as any other creative part of a film.

Making '1600 Penn' was really fun, and I learned a lot.

I love working with film, whether it's the technical side, the acting side, or the musical side.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

I'm always very keen to learn a skill or a language for my films.

I don't know necessarily that I would produce under my own company right now. Producing is not something that I'm thinking about. Directing is something that I will be doing very shortly, trying to figure out what to get my hands on. And I can't imagine writing a script and wanting to direct it and not having a producing credit, because I would want to have a big chunk of power on that end, if I wrote something.