Rza Quotes

Making a movie: It's so hard. It's the hardest of all the things I do.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

Well, I see myself in the same business but a lot more successful and doing more movies maybe behind the camera. I plan to do some growing in this industry and take it as far as I can.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

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.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

I've always been really into movies, and I definitely thought I'd be involved with movies at some point.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music for a film is fascinating to me.

Our film society back home is so different from here. Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. It's just figuring things out and understanding the codes and how the system of Hollywood compares to that of Norway. We don't even have agents. There's no studio system, no managers.

I love movies and I'm interested in watching how they're made and everything.

I got into films by accident.

The first movie I produced was a movie that Joel Schumacher wrote and directed called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.'

As a child I liked to watch movies. As a young man I wanted to work in films.

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it is incredible.

I'm very interested in film making. It's telling a story, fiction or non-fiction. I have been filmed quite a lot. Contrary to popular belief, filming isn't glamorous. It can be wearingly repetitious, as the same shot is taken over and over again.

I thought about making movies. It hit me when I was about 14, 15 years old.

As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.

There are lots of different parts of movie-making that I participate in, but my favorite part is the making of it. I'm scared, every day. I keep thinking someone's going to throw me the ball and I'm going to go, "Oh, wow. Oh, god. I just messed that up."

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.

Making a film is like learning the ropes all over again.