Stephen Dorff Quotes

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I like making movies.

I love making movies.

When you're making a movie, it's a very interiorised world.

I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

I like to work in cinema everywhere.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music for a film is fascinating to me.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

Film-making was not at all what I had expected.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.