Atom Egoyan Quotes

When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I like to direct for the big screen.

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

We've always wanted to be filmmakers.

When I go to see a movie, I never think about all the people it took to make it.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

I think some people have a vague idea, but the general public has no clue what the actual behind-the-scenes of filmmaking is and what this profession is.

By 1949 I knew all the studio tricks.

I just love the process of filmmaking.

I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.

I've been in enough movies to know that when you're on the set and you start shooting, you're looking at playback and you get a sense of what it's going to be like.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

The organization that it takes to make a movie like 'Star Trek' is amazing, intimidating and fascinating.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

I've always wanted to make movies.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I was always into music, but I wanted to do film when I was kid. I remember seeing big movies and wanting to do them. Then I was lucky enough to act in some of them, and I fell in love with it.