Ronald D. Moore Quotes

I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

I think the best directors aren't afraid to ask questions.

When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works.

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

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

I've been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and producing. There isn't a specific plan and I usually don't know what's going to be the next thing I do.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

I became passionate about filmmaking. The thrill to make something out of nothing and to go out there to see whether it will work or not attracted me.

Filmmaking was the way I could write characters and not have to give them up to anybody.

As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important.

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

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do.

I want to go make an original movie. It's all very personal, but I want to define myself a little bit more as a filmmaker and hone my craft.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

I didn't really know how to make a film when I made 'Control'. I had to create my own language, just as I did when I started taking photographs. I never studied either one.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.