Andy Serkis Quotes

I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

I started making little short films with friends, and then I decided I wanted to get into the school play in high school.

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.

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.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

I've acted just to get to directing.

I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that.

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing.

I made three short films of my own which I wrote, produced, directed... you did everything in those days. My favourite one was something I shot on VHS... a little documentary.

When you make documentaries or short films, you have to have eyes and ears in the back of your head and on the sides and all around you. I like that in my films.

The reason why I wanted to direct is because there are personal stories that I want to tell, but also because I love every part of movie making - from the wardrobe to the set decoration to cinematography.

I'm happy that the kind of films I'm doing right now is reaching a wider audience, and I'm looking forward to direct Hindi films as well.

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

I was very happy when I was doing my first two films: 'Student No.1', 'Simhadri'. I had absolutely no doubts - I would just place my camera at one point and say, 'That is the right way.'

I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland.

I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was always interested in the process and telling stories. I've always wanted to direct.

As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This is how I intended it, this is how I want to shoot it, and these are the decisions that I'll live by,' I think directing is a logical conclusion of mine.

When I did 'Gilbert Grape,' Lasse Hallstrom let me be on the set with him and in the editing room and in the casting sessions and so on. And so I got a firsthand, rather intimate, high-pressure look at how to make a film.