Tony Scott Quotes

Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.

Sometimes, the fate of a film is not in your hands, and you can only take home some experiences and what you got to learn during the journey.

When I make a picture, I make love.

From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

I would love to produce a film.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

But, I love making independent films. I love it! You create a family, and you sweat, you bleed, you cry, you shout, you laugh and you hug. It's such an extraordinary experience, making independent films.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

I love making movies.

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different.

The thing is that when you make a film, it is such an intense experience. It's like being married.

We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We go forward, despite the uncertainty. Because this is an act of love and passion, which defies reason and prudence.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

What most people do is they make terrific films, one in three if you're very lucky, maybe one in five. So you just have to keep on, you have to get through the bad bits.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

I like the feeling of making things. It's very very rewarding. And filmmaking is that type of experience, where you're forced to collaborate with so many people. You're involved in the beginning to end, you're involved with so many elements, and when it's done, you're like, 'I made this movie.'

If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.