Stefan Kapicic Quotes

I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

Working on a green screen set, yeah, it's almost like reading from a novel, taking those black words and creating a world around you.

I am incapable of directing a film like 'Agneenath.' I can do only what I am good at, so I would have been the worst choice to direct it. It has aggression, action and an inherent violence in it - things I am not capable of directing in my films.

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

It is my passion to direct movies.

I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.

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.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

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

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.

When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.

I've worked with Len Wiseman before, on the 'Underworld' series, in which I was a vampire. The first two of those were his first two films. And I admire him beyond measure. I think he's tremendous, as a man and as a director.

I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.