Mikey Madison Quotes

I love filmmaking as a process and acting is one element that is dear to me.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

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

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

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

The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.

I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

I love writing for the screen.

No other aspect of filmmaking has tempted me to do a film other than the script and the story itself.

I'm always looking for interesting stories, and I feel in independent film there's more opportunity.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

I've never written anything that I haven't wanted to write again. I want to, and still am, writing 'A Few Good Men' again. I didn't know what I was doing then, and I'm still trying to get it right. I would write 'The Social Network' again if they would let me, I'd write 'Moneyball' again. I would write 'The West Wing' again.

I just want to write movies. And I try very hard.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

I would love to do a commercial film. But my hero is the script.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana.

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

When I went to Sundance for 'Afternoon Delight,' I came back feeling like I wanted to take my experience that I learned from directing and bring that into a series.