Norman Lloyd Quotes

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

The most creative phase of a film is in shooting, because structure is the defining element of that phase.

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.

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

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

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

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

Whether you're shooting in India or on the Death Star, you're doing human drama.

The idea of directing my own movie is definitely more challenging than choreography.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.

There's more to directing than plotting scenes out.

The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region.

I think everything within film and TV helps inform every other role, so it's definitely helped my acting, being on the other side of the camera, and it's just given me a whole new appreciation for how hard everybody in the crew works.

You have more time to work in movies. My experience with movies is that you have more time to experiment with the character and camera angles and things like that.

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

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.