Julie London Quotes

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.

The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

'Lovelace' was really great. I got to work with the wonderful Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria and Peter Sarsgaard, so it can't get no better than that, right? I had a blast, and the film is a very, very well put together movie - from the director to the writing the cast.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.

I love directing.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

When I was shooting 'Mud,' every day was my favourite! I had so much fun on this film and loved working with all the cast and crew! It was a great experience.

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

The hardest thing about writing a script is you finish it, but it doesn't mean anything. It's not like a novel or short story - a script is meant to be made into a movie.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.