Stephen Karam Quotes

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

I became passionate about filmmaking. The thrill to make something out of nothing and to go out there to see whether it will work or not attracted me.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

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.

A lot of filmmaking is all about filtering out the bullshit.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different.

I didn't really know how to make a film when I made 'Control'. I had to create my own language, just as I did when I started taking photographs. I never studied either one.

I still have my talent to produce and direct.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.

I'm a fool for a brilliant filmmaker. And for someone who wants to try new things.

A filmmaker has to have faith in talent.

As a director, when you embrace a project, you try to understand as much as you can about its world, and you do that by embracing and engaging with people who are in that world. Then it's down to your best instincts, which is what most directing is about anyway.

I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

I think making a film is as much knowing what you don't like as what you do like, and avoiding the things that you don't like like the plague and making sure that they never appear onscreen in any shape or form.

I'm a filmmaker. I like to ask the questions, make others feel vulnerable. I don't want to be vulnerable.

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

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.