Joseph Mazzello Quotes

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

I went to USC film school, briefly, which is a very traditional film school.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

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

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

I'm a believer in film school.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the set with professionals.

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

I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies, and I think those became my film school in terms of acting and watching directors work and also writing and co-writing and producing.

When I was in film school, I was learning more theory than practice.

When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.

I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier part of my career, I stumbled into doing 'Sports Night' and was a comedy director.

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

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I went to film school at Newcastle Polytechnic.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

Everything about camera movement, about how film was made, shot architecture, and time management... I was horrible at all that.

I made short films in school.