Zach Gilford Quotes

Regardless of the medium, be it television or feature or documentary, I'm not gonna distinguish and worry about my particular canon, whatever that means.

At the end of the day everyone has his own style of making a film and add the kind of ingredients which he feels would be good enough to entice audiences.

When we were shooting the movie, and of course in the editing room we had to make choices, but the shots fall almost exactly where we thought they would. They're not about content; they're never meant to be about what just happened. There's that weird phenomenon where the more you like a movie the more your mind wanders and goes all over the place.

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.

At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that 'Silent Cargo' is getting out there for people to see.

Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.

I feel like what Director Bong is so amazing at is taking so many things and presenting them to you - never telling you how to think, but, if you leave the theater thinking something, we've done our jobs right.

What I want to impart on any movie I work on is I want to make it entertaining. That's what I feel I do.

Make movies that you want to go and watch in a theatre.

There are two kinds of films: the ones that are devoid of logic but can still hijack the audience, and those that can win them over with logic. Both kinds can succeed, and I like to work in both.

The whole purpose of filmmaking is to entertain the viewers and when it happens, it gives you a high.

The thing about TV is you kind of have an endless canvas. You can always keep going.

You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.

I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.

Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.

Ever since I started, I think Bollywood has gone through a lot of changes. Film producers now want to experiment with their movie's music and that's why you see many of them working with independent musicians.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

Of course I know what works for me and what kind of tone I want my films to have.

Dialogues and emotion based movies don't always work.

I do not differentiate between a commercial and an indie project as long as there is a strong subject and the character in the script is relatable.

We have to create images that remain in people's memory because a film is judged by what they have already seen. You are trying to create an image that is unique and you have to employ all the resources available to you.