Ben Barnes Quotes

There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.

The motivation for making movies is that people actually see them.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Making a movie is so hard, you'd better make movies about something you really know about. And even more, it's really good to make movies about things you need to figure out for yourself, so you're driven the whole way through. It's going to make things more crucial for you.

I didn't make 'Wild Bill' because I wanted to become a director; I just wanted to make 'Wild Bill.'

When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking.

I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is, 'What is this movie about?'

As a filmmaker, you want people to understand and get what you do, and it's a lot to ask for.

You're only making movies for two reasons: Because you have something to say or because you want to entertain people.

When you're making a movie, you can't think anybody will ever see it. You've just got to make a movie for the values it has. The greatest films were made because someone really wanted to make them. And, hopefully, the audience will show up, too.

If there isn't a deep core reason for a film existing, what is the point? For me to be known as a filmmaker that makes films that have a point, I'm stoked.

Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie.

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.

It's far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture.

A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that 'Silent Cargo' is getting out there for people to see.

I know they call me a crazy lady, but I'm only interested in making movies and having people see them.

My films, I've tried to put a message into them. It's not about the gore; it's not about the horror element that are in them. It's more about the message, for me. That's what it is, and I'm using this platform to be able to show my feelings of what I think.

I think that technological tools that filmmakers use to tell stories, in a perfect world, need to become invisible. When it's brand new and it's never been seen before and you're birthing this stuff, it's very much on people's minds.

I just make films that attract me.

I think the only thing filmmakers can do is try to make good movies and make them as long as they allow us to keep making them. But at the end of the day, it is a business, and if audiences don't care, there's nothing we can do. It'll just go away, I guess.

To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.