Sean Baker Quotes

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

I can't be part of what is being done in films these days and hence I don't do films anymore.

I have realised there are so many stories which can be told beautifully on screen. It's important to be part of such films.

I always wanted to make movies no matter what. It's true. No matter how I was getting to do it, that's what I wanted to do.

I think film was my passion without it being declared like a job that I could have, or a career that I could have.

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I think I can try the film world out for a while.

I love movie directors. I don't care who it is.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

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.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

I knew from early on I would go to film school and try to work behind the camera.

I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself directing.

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

I want to pursue a career in film.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.