Jehane Noujaim Quotes

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

I also have a role model back in New Zealand, a woman called Miranda Harcourt. She's an actress and a writer. Her willingness to stay open to material is really great. I read a lot, and I try to watch and listen to diverse material.

We all learn every day, and that's the magic about film making.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

I'm just making 'Threadworlds' out of the things I love and that I'm passionate about learning. When we created 'Avatar,' Michael DiMartino and I did the same thing.

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.

When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think and realise you need to learn more to make this kind of a film or write this kind of a film. Also, somewhere down the line, you need to be brave.

I hope I inspire children to make films.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.