George Stevens Quotes

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.

I prefer working behind the camera.

Well, getting behind the camera is something I've always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like 'Zathura' I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge.

I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing.

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

But for me, personally, I didn't have any ambitions to become an actor. I'm interested in getting behind the camera.

I definitely want to study film. I'd like to have my own studio one day and just make a lot of movies.

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could learn the craft, and got paid to learn the craft.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking.

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

I love it behind the camera as much as I do in front.

I love being on a movie set.

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not as though I'm all set to take the plunge; I cherish this dream of calling the shots, but only after I groom myself with the right kind of preparation and the technical know-how.

I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.

I learned a lot while I was ACing and gripping for other DPs as I was coming up.

I am very much open to doing cinematography for any talented filmmaker, if the script is good.

I like to work behind the camera.

My work on titles was a marvelous opportunity to learn about filmmaking. I think I touched on just about every aspect of the process, both creative and technical. And I worked with many wonderful people.

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!