Nick Park Quotes

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

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

I love making movies.

There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

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.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

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.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses.

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

I love writing, and I love postproduction. That's great, because you start to reassemble the film, and you sit there, and you start to really put the film together, finally. The shooting of it is the most stressful part of the process.

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

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

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that aspect.