Shelley Conn Quotes

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

So, there's only so much you can do with a rock video.

Film is very condensed.

I like to make movies I like to watch.

Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. I never really understood how movies were made until that movie, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Since then, you've seen more and more and more, for all different kinds of films, about what goes into the process.

I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

I think filmmakers in general are, as the tools become more and more advanced, you're able to tell stories in a way that I think is more realistic. The technology just wasn't there up until pretty recently, and it takes a bit of time for the normal artistic way of approaching something to become a mainstream thing.

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

I think directing is something I would really enjoy.

Film is a different art form with its own demands and its own riches.

It's one of the things I love about my job: it's my job to help a director tell the story, to just be willing to help.

I'm not the guy who does slo-mo, or I'm not the guy who does splashing rain or doves flying or anything; that's not me. Every film, I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.

Film work is a job I like to do because I really love to solve problems.

As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important.

There are different reasons to make movies.

I think the quality of television, given the amount of time you have, how short you have, is proportionally so much better than most movies.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.