Jean-Claude Van Damme Quotes

We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

When you first start out, you want to be Fellini, or you want to be Bergman.

I kind of muddled through 'Pride & Prejudice,' but with 'Atonement,' I knew what I was doing. That makes it sound like I had no doubt. I had doubts - I didn't know whether it would work. But I knew exactly what I wanted to try to do.

One thing which no one knows about me is I could be very good director. Although I have not directed any movie so far but I am sure the day I start it, I would be very good at it.

A film maker's energy and creativity don't have to end when he turns over his film.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.

I didn't make movies when I was a kid, but I loved them. That was considered a far-fetched dream.

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

If you are going to be dogged with doubts you shouldn't be making movies.

I always try to approach a film from the point of view of the director.

There are so many amazing directors I would love to work with, like Christopher Nolan, who is a total pipe dream.

I want to work with Darren Aronofsky, Damien Chazelle, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and, of course, Majid Majidi.

I think one of my favorite directors is P.T. Anderson - living directors, I should say. And Spike Jonze is one of my favorites, Gus Van Sant.

I think very cinematically.

I'm not the kind of person who ever thought, 'Oh, a one-woman show - bring it on!'

I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision.

I only realized I could potentially make movies after seeing 'Ed Wood.'

All my films are statements, especially when I write them.

Sometimes I'll be watching a movie then think to myself that I could do a better job.

I think Anand Rai is one of the few brilliant directors we have.

I'm not the greatest filmmaker. There are a lot of better filmmakers than me.

The idea of getting to make a movie like the ones that impacted me as a child is my life's dream.