Robert B. Weide Quotes

I went to film school, worked as an assistant, and wrote several scripts that haven't gotten made.

I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.

I went to film school; I went to NYU film school.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

I can't even remember not wanting to go to film school.

I did not go to film school.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking I'd go to NYU film school and see if I could make a career of it.

If you think you are a filmmaker... make a film, and then show it. You need to be able to finish what you started so it is presentable. When you screen it and see if your film has an effect on an audience, you will understand what it means to be a filmmaker.

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

My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

I don't think there is really a favorite, I'm very fond of film making as a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them.

I'm a believer in film school.

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

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

You can't make a movie about making movies - it's boring.