Harvey Keitel Quotes

Directing is a tremendous art.

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.

Would I like to direct? Maybe one day.

Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.' It's a lesson in moviemaking.

I like to direct for the big screen.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

I've always been passionate about directing.

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is such a tiny little thing, and I love the feeling of juggling or tightrope walking.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: 'Am I doing it right?'

What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together eventually.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

I shoot a lot of film - that's one of the things I try to do, and it's one of the things I learned how to do with Robert De Niro on 'Men of Honor.'

He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.

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