Stephen Fry Quotes

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

If I wasn't a trader, I would probably be in the film business in some capacity and writing in some other form. I went to NYU Film School and London Film School.

I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

One of the most telling things about film school is you've got a lot of students wandering around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish I could make a movie."

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

In the 10 years that I've been a professional filmmaker, the film part of the film industry is really disappearing, right in front of our eyes.

I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

I've always loved movies, since I was a little kid, but I never wanted to be part of that industry. It always seemed horrifying, the way films were made.

I love filmmakers.

If I were a young man today, I might be lured into the moviemaking industry. You can really make a statement there.

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.

As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.

I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.