Rick Baker Quotes

I am incapable of directing a film like 'Agneenath.' I can do only what I am good at, so I would have been the worst choice to direct it. It has aggression, action and an inherent violence in it - things I am not capable of directing in my films.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and they're back in their trailer having a coffee or getting their hair done.

I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.

Great stories and acting always win the day. If the story behind the scares is dramatic and the filmmaking is great, it works. If those things aren't great and the scares are secondary, it doesn't.

Thugs Of Hindostan' involved a lot of prep to be able to make the character look effortless.

I love filmmaking as a process and acting is one element that is dear to me.

For four years, I worked as one of the general shop crew on movies like 'Naked Lunch' and 'Arachnophobia.' I made lots of bugs.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.

Working on a green screen set, yeah, it's almost like reading from a novel, taking those black words and creating a world around you.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I always think, 'We don't need to ratchet this up.' If you do, don't call it 'Captain Phillips' or 'The Maersk Alabama.' Call it something else, and then you have carte blanche to do anything, down to sea serpents and aliens.

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

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

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

There are a lot of considerations that come into play when you craft one of these 'Saw' scripts, and there's only so much you can put into them.

It is my passion to direct movies.

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it.