George Clooney Quotes

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

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.

I just adore being on set. I adore storytelling. I can be on a set 70 hours a week and on those weekends, I'll still want to watch movies.

I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to learn.

The best education in film is to make one

I always find film-making a pleasurable experience.

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.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film. I have two scripts ready. One of them is a fantasy-adventure, while the other is a thriller. I've assisted my brother Selvaraghavan, who's a well-known director in Tamil cinema. I've also made short films.

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

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

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.

Film is lies at twenty-four frames a second.

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

The process of making films is so technically demanding that it's a distraction. You don't spend your time thinking about the philosophical content, which is often very depressing.

I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do.

There have been innumerable films about film-making, but Otto e Mezzo was a film about the processes of thinking about making a film -- certainly the most enjoyable part of any cinema creation.

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.

I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.

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