Charlie Rowe Quotes

My favorite day at '30 Rock' is Thursday when the show airs. At lunch, we screen the episodes. For everyone to watch together, to see the stuff we all worked on, to hear the crew laugh - it's great fun.

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

I had a brilliant time working with the entire cast and crew at 'Return To Nim's Island.' It's amazing how, after working on a film, you really become a family, and you build these really special bonds together.

'Saw' has been a unique experience in that I've had the opportunity to work with some really great artists, and everyone has contributed in so many different ways, in all of the different departments of a film crew.

When you do movies, it's you have a 3-month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know?

I know every actor says this, but the people behind the camera are great. They always have answers.

On a film, you start to get closer and closer with the people you're working with, and it becomes like this circus act or this travelling family.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

I'm pretty satisfied with how 'Postcard' turned out. I think everybody did a great job.

I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with.

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.

Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!

On 'Saturday Night Live,' you wear so many hats there. You're the prop person, the actor, you're everything.

I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special.

Atmosphere on the sets of 'YHM' is absolutely brilliant. It's kind of picnic always, and we have a gala time shooting together.

I love working with crews. Filming the 'Fred' movie, for example, was a blast. You get to be around so many creative, talented people all day, so it's a blast.

I've always been a very collaborative person, and I think 'Cop Car' and all the people I worked with who made it possible is a good example of that.

I miss the sense of belonging on a film as much as I did on 'Call Me By Your Name.'

A film just doesn't involve actors, a director and a producer, there is also the cameraman, the sound engineer, the music composer, the lyric writer. So many people come together to make a film. When we all feel satisfied with the film that we have created it's a win for all of us.

I have a team, the same team of filmmakers I worked with on 'Pi' and 'Requiem'. Which is my cameraman, and my composer, and my producer. We've all worked together for a number of films.

My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists [in Valerian] who participated at every level.

No one person can take credit for the success of a motion picture. It's strictly a team effort. From the time the story is written to the time the final release print comes off the printer, hundreds of people are involved - each one doing a job - each job contributing to the final product.

Literally, 'Dance Moms' was so amazing, and I have the world to thank for that. They were so awesome - the set, the cast, the crew - it was amazing.

It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.