Adam Shankman Quotes

There are no great scripts - just great films.

When I saw 'Talk to Her' for the first time, I was crying out loud because I couldn't imagine that I was doing that film.

The idea of 'Roja' was with me for seven years before I made it.

Making a film, you're in a really dark tunnel and the only kind of illumination is the shared experience you're having with your fellow cast and director.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way.

It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me.

The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

It's not that there aren't people who care creatively in the world of television, but there's always a bit more time in making a movie. I always feel films are more of a creative journey.

Every writer has characters that they become attached to and that they feel very strongly about.

Once I fall in love, finishing a story leaves a hole in my heart. The characters become your friends.