Bill Forsyth Quotes

I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

When you are acting, you are just one piece of the puzzle. You don't see how everything fits together. It feels like you have less authorship over the entire product. In directing, you take the entire picture into account, so you're challenged in a different way.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

I still have my talent to produce and direct.

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 thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

I started in the theater world in New York City - and indie films - and I love the feeling of your head coming together and trying to tell a simple story, a small story, and just getting that vibe of storytelling without all the craziness of big budget.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.