Jiang Wen Quotes

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I love making movies.

You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that.

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

Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas on the screen. You can't hide behind some other person's script; you're saying, 'This is my brain, and I want you to know what I think'.'

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.

I've always loved movies since I was a kid. I loved how they could make me happy, sad, or just show me different parts of the world and people. So when I was about six, I decided that that was what I wanted to do: make movies.

Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

I like making movies.

My perception of making a movie before I started making movies was that it would be like 'Spy Kids'.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

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.