Jodie Foster Quotes

With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me.

I would love to be able to get behind the camera and direct actors. I think that would be a lot of fun.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

Once you're on the set and shooting, it's all just cinema. You have actors and cameras.

I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more.

I would like to direct good actors, and there are good actors who are stars.

Performing in front of the camera is a different thing, and shooting a whole film is another.

Documentaries for me always felt kind of limiting. I wanted to go bigger. And I also love actors, and I love performance. So feature filmmaking was always the intent.

I always enjoy shooting for all my films.

There are times when you're working with film people when you have to say, 'If the camera were on you, what you're doing would be perfect'.

I'm always under the impression that directors should act at some point or another.

I do enjoy filming, but I do consider myself still to be a bit of a novice, and I learn a bit every time I do a film job, and I am very admiring of film actors.

I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. I can be behind the camera and really change things cinematically, and this is giving me an opportunity to do something behind the camera, which I really want to maximize.

I'm a natural behind the camera... My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here... When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.

Learning about acting for camera is really quite exciting to engage with and deal with.

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.

I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.