John Glen Quotes

Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

At any filmmaking class, you learn the power of the visual medium and are always trying to minimise the words.

The job is trying to create movie shots that have depth, that have the meanings you need them to have, and then good enough so that they will add something to the final picture. They will make the picture; they'll get into the picture, and give them what they need. It's an interesting job.

I like doing film, you know, single-camera.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

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 the opportunity to make films.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

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

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time, advertising gives you a lot of vices, for example, an obsession for a superficial look, but at the same time, it gives you the capacity to synthesize the story - tell a story in one minute.

I watch a lot of movies, and I tend to be influenced by scenes that intrigue me, that make me want to use the same effects or technique.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.

Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the set with professionals.

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

I'm interested in films, in directing.