Alicia Vikander Quotes

It takes time to write a script and properly make the film and edit it.

Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.

My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.

I really like photography, and I'd like to do more of that kind of thing. If I had to choose a different job within the industry and do it well, I would love to do cinematography.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

I like pre-production and post the best. I don't like shooting at all. I find it grueling and tough, but I love post and the whole process of seeing the film finally come together. You start ironing out all the rough spots, and the really bad bits you just throw away. So from day one of post to the last day, you see nothing but improvements.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.

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

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.

Making a film is a challenge.

I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.

The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.