Jeff Nichols Quotes

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

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

The first movies were made by technicians building their own cameras. Movies became an art when technicians worked on the technique and artists took care of the content.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I like the opportunity to make films.

Film, I think, is my medium.

I like to direct for the big screen.

I make film to make time pass.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

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.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

I don't know how to make movies without getting my hands dirty.

If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff.

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

To do your first film is a dream.