Dexter Fletcher Quotes

I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.

When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to do in the early 50s for someone who actually go and make a film. People thought it was impossible. It really is terribly easy. All anybody needs is a camera, a tape recorder, and some imagination.

As a director and filmmaker, I love creating my own opportunity, and getting to share the love, in that way, by creating other opportunities for people that I admire, so that they can do something in a way they haven't done it before.

I just want to make a beautiful film. I've had it in my head for so long, so I want to try. Every now and again I get scared. And that's not really how I operate in songwriting or as Sia the artist, the singer. I don't operate from a place of fear. But this is such a new area for me. I still have some insecurity. So, like, once a week I get washed from the top of my skull down to my toes with this vomitous feeling of fear. I think, "Just don't do it. You don't have to do it. You're already a singer and a songwriter. Really, you don't have to make a movie.".

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

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

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I want to be part of great cinema. That is my only aim.

When I started out, I didn't know if I was ever going to make a movie.

I learned a lot from Direk Brillante Mendoza and Bing Lao.

I think I like a challenge. I try to find projects that will push me in a new way and help me grow.

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

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

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.

I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.

I'm learning about filming, and just conceptualizing as well. I think it's a good artistic inroad, even to music as well.

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

A lot of filmmaking is all about filtering out the bullshit.

Now I'm taking some classes, I'm going to school for film, and I think I'm going to end up back in the industry in one capacity or another. I'm not sure where just yet. I kind of stepped away from it for a few years. I thought I was done with it. But I grew up in it. It's such a big part of my life.

When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.