Valeria Golino Quotes

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

I would love to work with Tom Hardy. Maybe do something crazy or dramatic that is different for me.

I love directing.

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

Film's a director's medium. Stage an actor's medium.

Movie-making is a very creative medium of expression.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

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

I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

I love acting; I don't want to give up on it at all, but it would be nice to step behind the camera once in a while as well.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.

I love being verbal in films.