Neil Marshall Quotes

I always try and do good films.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.

I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.

I believe that the performance of my actors is of utmost importance to make a good film.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

No film survives because of a big name. If a film has to survive generations, it will survive on its content and craft.

I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.

No matter what kind of film one makes, it boils down to whether it's good or not.

You want to have the experience. As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. You got on a film sometimes and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not. We're good at saying what other people have written, but for the majority of it, that's about it, comedians aside. It's all in the writing. Whether that's dialogue or character, or whatever, it doesn't matter. As long as they've done something special, than you can do something special.

I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

The father-son thing, that's a separate thing. This film [Forsaken] was not about that. This was a film about two actors wanting to try and tell a story... and taking advantage of the fact that we looked like a father and son.

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.

The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.'

The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same. I mean, there's still stories to be told. There are scripts that give you a good guide and insight into the film.

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film.

When I shot the movie, I wasn't gonna think about anything except for being the biggest knucklehead in the world.