Stephen Moyer Quotes

That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers. I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter. And the rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic, and the best idea wins.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

To me, the best projects are the ones where you have a pretty good idea of what the spine of it's gonna be, but then all sorts of things happen that you could've never predicted, and those are the magic moments of the films.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you'll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently. A lot of times it's better than a script you've worked out ahead of time.

I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

People ask me, 'What's your next film?' And I never know.

In using chance operations, the mind is enriched.

When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.

There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

I never map things out in advance. It would be better if I did and more economical in terms of time, but I've found that if you work out a plot line from beginning to end, at the beginning it becomes very rational.

I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.

Every film that I make is an accident.

When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do the best job I could.

You know, we never really know what we're going to write next. Which is part of the excitement when we go in and do a new album. No battle plan, we just go in and do it and what comes out, comes out.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.