Colin Hanks Quotes

Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.

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.

Going to directing wasn't a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in the camera and how it worked and why one director would place it in this part of the room and then another would place it in that part of the room.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

Partly why I love to operate is that I love to watch an actor within a shot. When you watch a shot, and you know that everything's come together, I feel I'm the first person watching it. I always get pleasure out of that.

I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes.

I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.

I like directing much better. It's more fun, that's all there is to it. It's essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you have more control over the way you want to tell the story. It's a high. I love it.

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it.

When I was on set I tried not to bug Steven Soderbergh too much. "Why did you put the camera there?" But he was very open to my questions and definitely being on his set was really thrilling because he's such a master.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

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.

As far as I'm concerned, I make movies.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

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

Eventually I'd love to be able to direct.

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

I don't know why directing is not something I'm interested in.

I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors.

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.

I'm not the best filmmaker, but on the sets, it seems like everybody is having fun.

Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.