Michael Seibel Quotes

I learned a lot about filmmaking from my dad. Starting when I was a child, I would listen to my dad as an actor, writer, director and producer talking about films - you know what the treatment would be in the opening, in the middle, and in the ending.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time, advertising gives you a lot of vices, for example, an obsession for a superficial look, but at the same time, it gives you the capacity to synthesize the story - tell a story in one minute.

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

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

I made short films in school.

As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important.

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

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

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 prefer working behind the camera.

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 don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

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

I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.

I like to direct for the big screen.

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