Carla Gugino Quotes

The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.

You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

I do believe very much in movie as a one-man-show. I think that where I've watched movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

I've never made any film that I wouldn't go back and re-edit.

I don't think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one?

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

After making 'Secretary,' it was a real shock to me to learn that some directors just aren't interested in what actors have to say. They just don't want to collaborate.

When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.

Films are a director's medium. We're all stemming from the director.

I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to interfere in the editing process, and I want to interfere in the advertising process - everything, everything. Pretty much Barbra Streisand in trousers, I am!

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

I grew up with a concept of cinema as a directorial thing, meaning the director is allowed to sail the ship. Not a dictatorial thing.

I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision.