Eric Bana Quotes

I really enjoy behind the camera stuff and I'm a frustrated photographer myself and just love the camera. I love that side of it and that part of the filmmaking world and I enjoy developing things. It's an area that I'll continue to be more active in as time goes by.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

Half of 'Mudbound' were shots I stole in between other scenes.

When I did 'Gilbert Grape,' Lasse Hallstrom let me be on the set with him and in the editing room and in the casting sessions and so on. And so I got a firsthand, rather intimate, high-pressure look at how to make a film.

I love movies and I'm interested in watching how they're made and everything.

I'm a natural behind the camera... My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here... When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.

When you're on set you don't realize the way something is going to look since you're on the other side of the camera.

I'm as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses.

You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much.

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it.

When I was on set I tried not to bug Steven Soderbergh too much. "Why did you put the camera there?" But he was very open to my questions and definitely being on his set was really thrilling because he's such a master.

I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.

I love writing, and I love postproduction. That's great, because you start to reassemble the film, and you sit there, and you start to really put the film together, finally. The shooting of it is the most stressful part of the process.

I love the entire process of being on the set and being able to create a character. It's so much fun. In 'Think Like a Man,' I have a very small part. They told me it wasn't a big budget, but I don't care about any of that. I'll do it for free simply because I love being on the set with other creative people.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.

I like making movies.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.