Eddie Marsan Quotes

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

I love David Fincher - even though it was just two scenes, I loved the way we worked and could tell by the way he was shooting it that this was going to be an affective movie to say the least.

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.

I would love to work with Shane Meadows - great director.

No one ever sets out to make a bad movie. There's almost always incredible amount of passion and work put behind any given project. You just have to give it everything you got, and sometimes it works out, and a lot of the times it doesn't.

Ang Lee - he is amazing. I think doing a film with him would be breathtaking.

Suneel Darshan is the kind of director I'd want to work with repeatedly.

I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

I have the most respect for Rick. You're always going to see a Shameik Moore and Rick Famuyiwa film.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors - one of my favorite directors that I've worked with to date.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct.

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't care about the story that they're telling; I really only care about who wants to tell it.

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.

The thing about working with Peter Jackson is that, at the end of the day, he is a passionate artist.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

Working with and collaborating with and for Peter Jackson was an incredible experience because he is such a phenomenal filmmaker.