Lena Dunham Quotes

I guess I probably see myself as a director. If I had to choose, I think that that's the aspect of the process that I'm most excited by.

A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place to put the camera, and they tweak you here and there.

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I made the intentional choice to step behind the camera.

I think films are bigger than structure.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

Going to directing wasn't a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in the camera and how it worked and why one director would place it in this part of the room and then another would place it in that part of the room.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

In terms of Cube I think he's very conscious of the technical aspect of the business whereas when you're just hired as an actor, you're not really secure in that part of your work and you're not really paying attention to where the camera.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

I'm not very aware of styles. We never talk about styles before we start shooting, or even during shooting, because I think the film will bring you there.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.