Dolph Lundgren Quotes

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

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.

Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come to life.

My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing.

James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing - is there anything you can do?

What I did was I completed the half-hour film, but before really showing it, I wrote two more sections for a potential feature film which I didn't think would really happen, but at least I had it in case.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

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.

When I was younger I didn't really know what a director did: I knew I loved movies and I figured the actors made it up! And then when you get to 12 years old you start thinking, What does a director do? It was really an organic beginning: this looks like something I want to do, I can't believe people get paid to do it!

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.

Acting is my first focus, but at the core, I'm a storyteller, and however that comes out is fine with me.

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

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

Making films is hard. Awesome, but hard.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody wonders, 'How do you do it?' Well, how do you not do it? You just work hard.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

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