Douglas Sirk Quotes

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

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 want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots.

People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.

I always wanted to design for films.

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

People say that soundstage sets never quite look like reality. But actually, they can. They can be as real as you want as long as you pay attention to the kind of detail that is given for free in a real place.

With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed.

I liked the whole process of creating on set. It's almost like creating magic. The work that the camera guys are doing at the same time, the lighting... all of the people working in their departments to make one thing.

For four years, I worked as one of the general shop crew on movies like 'Naked Lunch' and 'Arachnophobia.' I made lots of bugs.

I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills.

Filmmaking is a very serious job, and I want to concentrate on that.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.

I'm still really into set design and construction when I do films. I notice that stuff.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project.

My brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy.