Gaby Hoffmann Quotes

Film is my first love. It wasn't something I intended to fall in love with, but I grew to love it.

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.

Right before 'American Dreams,' I started to pursue these avenues, like short films and getting into a couple night courses to really study photography and cinematography, and the language of visual storytelling.

I was never interested in film. Never. I never even thought of it. I wasn't even a film buff, I didn't see many films ever.

I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.

Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.

USC has really developed my love for the cinema.

I watched films growing up, but no more than the next guy, really. Working on 'Hugo' made me appreciate cinema and the art of cinema a lot more.

Making movies is what I'm good at. Cinema is the means through which I can best express myself.

For me, learning about cinema and the craft and the art of it, through making films with great people, has been such a cool experience.

I study myself. I study film, and I make sure that everything's on point.

Movie-making is a very creative medium of expression.

Basically, I am a huge film buff and love watching all kinds of films.

I try and watch as many different films as I can because every film has something to offer.

Every film you see in film school takes on a heightened importance in your life.

I did my first film when I was 14. I did not take films seriously. It was just a time pass for me then.

Films are my first love.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.