Olivier Megaton Quotes

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

The first scene I ever shot for 'Louie Bluie,' on that first day, I had never seen the camera before. I didn't know where to put it. I just knew what was strong about these guys and what I wanted to capture, so I tried to work backward from there and figure it out. Trial and error. Hopefully I got a little bit better at it.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in the movies. But when you actually become an actor, you're like, 'Oh, wait, this is actually only a small portion of the storytelling. If I want to really tell a story, I'd want to be a director.'

I didn't go to film school.

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

I make movies based on gut.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

When I went to Sundance for 'Afternoon Delight,' I came back feeling like I wanted to take my experience that I learned from directing and bring that into a series.

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

It was Vikram Bhatt and 'Raaz' that got me interested in the medium of cinema. Before that, I was like any other youngster dabbling with various things - modelling, films - without a definite direction or focus. Now that I'm working with all of them, life has come full circle for me.

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing in the screenplay and what was on the screen after. Sometimes there was a big gap. Now, the more I have experienced, the more I do movies, the more I feel that the dream is closer to the screen. It's coming with experience.