Stephen Chow Quotes

Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator.

I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.

As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

Fortunately, I have an amazing partner that allows us to do these different things, who will be directing an episode himself soon, I'm sure. But, it's amazing. I love directing and I think that it allowed me to get closer to the actors and actually work with them on a level that I haven't before, and really get down there with them. I would jump at the chance to do it, anytime I could.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I'm definitely moving towards directing because I'm naturally a writer, and I think a good director edits, writes, and has acted a little bit. He's done a little bit of everything, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.

I don't make deals, I make pictures.

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

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

I love the process of making a movie so much as an actor that I can only imagine I would love the process of being the director.

The one thing I want to do - and I am doing - is starting my own production company, for me to produce and direct in the future. Have a bit more say and control - become the storyteller more than just the character. I want to choose the story, plant the seed, and watch it grow. I just want to have a bit more involvement.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

What I really plan to do is take the best scripts I get and consider them seriously. I can actually work as an actor and prepare a film as a director.

I've never been given an opportunity to direct, but man, I would love to try my hand at that.

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.