John Schlesinger Quotes

Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are.

I want to have a great director, and also a great producer and co-stars. And there should be a tight script. After all, regardless of how the film turns out, I must have fun doing the film!

Sometimes it's the script or an opportunity to work with an incredible director.

I really wanted 'NH10' to be made, and being associated with it eased the entire process.

You can start with a great director and great actors and have a great script - and it still just doesn't work. It's kind of a mystery how that happens.

With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to contribute to, people approach me and say, 'Hey, would you like to do this?' I laugh out loud and say, 'Yes, that'd be funny.' Or, I'm very moved by what I read and say, 'Yes. How can I help you?'

M. Night Shyamalan can draw quite a few people to quite a few things, and having the opportunity to work with him is very cool.

Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.

I've ended up working with Disney a lot, which is kind of peculiar. In theater, I've done a couple of projects with them and written a couple movies and whatnot.

I've always been a very collaborative person, and I think 'Cop Car' and all the people I worked with who made it possible is a good example of that.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

All great directors or anyone who has a strong vision like Scorsese needs to have a lot of support around them. I think from the very beginning - when we met each other - he realised he could trust me to do what was right for his movies.

The Bhatts are an amazing family and a production house to work with, and I guess anyone will back me up for this.

I'm so excited to be part of the environment that David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross have built at Skydance.

I am open to working with new directors as long as the script excites me.

Mistakes happen because so many minds work on one film.

We tend to see films as artifacts of one mind. The reality of it is, I think, when you come out here and start working, you have to learn pretty quickly that it's a very collaborative process.

Working with Kevin Feige has just been a joy.

My brother advises me on what kind of films to do, which directors to work with and which scripts have potential.

So, yes, I wrote a script called 'Ben Is Back' that I got to make with a bunch of remarkable artists and craftspeople.

I wrote 'Aadukalam' keeping Dhanush in mind. As an actor, he delivers exactly what I need and sometimes more.

I feel blessed to be working with a banner like Dharma Productions.

I do a film only when I feel I will be comfortable with the set-up and other members of the team.

Film is a team thing. There is no auteur.

In the film industry you never really know if all the various ingredients will come together - sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. As an actor, you don't have much control over those things. It's a director's medium in that sense. All you can really do is minimise the risks of being involved in something that might not work and look for something that also suits you.