Ben Edwards Quotes

I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing.

Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception.

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

'Cause movies are human drama, that's it.

I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people.

We are Disney, in a sense. When you've been there for 20 years, there's a certain heart and soul to one of those films, and you inhabit that to a certain degree. So if it feels true to you, then your audience will hopefully go for it.

I'm interested in making films that make people think.

The power of story and the power of a well-crafted film or television show is really all you need to speak to people. I think Hollywood is sort of catching up to that.

I always wanted to make films that might change or at least focus people's views.

I want to create films that will speak to different parts of our hearts and brains, stories told from a different angle.

'Your Name''s success told me movies still have the power to connect with society. As a medium, it still has a power that resonates.

A good movie makes the audience feel like they've journeyed with the characters.

You can film the most exciting car chase and the most exciting stunts, but if you don't care about the person inside the car, and you don't care about their predicament, you're not really going to care about the action, either.

Although we're all in this to make a living, why not make something to make an impact? One day, I'll make a horror film. I think I know what the audience wants.

You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters.

Films are never meant as solutions; they just provide entertainment value.

I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.

I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.

It takes two guys to tell a story, paint a picture, so our audience can be entertained and brought into the match. You need to suck people in emotionally to a match, and it takes both parties to paint that picture.

People love storylines. They love them because at some point, the talent will get people emotionally invested.

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

I like to entertain all kinds of audiences with my films.

I want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.