Jessie Buckley Quotes

Every little opportunity and chance that I get to be on a set, to be a director, to utilize the skill sets that I already have and to learn what I don't know, and to see how I can improve upon that is just a really great opportunity for me.

Hits and flops will come and go. But what stays with you is the experience you had while shooting a film. I am happy learning something new each time.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.

You learn on every film so much.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

It's always a learning experience every time I'm on set.

I learn from every movie I do because on every movie I have a different experience.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person.

A lot of directors will do a certain amount of storyboarding and pre-vis, and yet when they get on the set, everything starts to change, and they have new ideas.

I think 'Believer' and 'Leland' were such great things to have been a part of, and I learned a lot.

Making movies is hard for me. Being on set is very trying. I'm not good at being that communicative for that long. Editing is where I'm happiest.

Working with George Miller was an education. It was eight college degrees in character development and directing all at once.

Every time I work on a new set, I take whatever I can from it and learn as much as I can around the people who I am working with.

We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the producers and you know, came up with the idea with the writer and the producer, as well. But, it was a very collaborative event. You know, I really love working in that way.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it.

I'm just gonna make movies the best I can, do the festival thing or whatever can come. I plan on working with a lot of the same guys over and over again. I hope the majority of us can stick together.