Richard King Quotes

I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music videos. I've only ever been behind the camera. Never in front of it.

Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.

I was very pleased to find that once I had records out music videos were starting to happen, so I directed some of my own music videos and got to experiment in other areas of expression.

Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.

Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.

When I film my music videos, I always try to fulfill a part of my dream of being a filmmaker.

The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so many different ideas, but they need to understand what the musician wants.

I still direct my own videos.

I usually work in music videos, where we shoot, like, 10 to 12 setups and 60 shots or something.

Directing music videos is all about capturing images.

I really like photography, and I'd like to do more of that kind of thing. If I had to choose a different job within the industry and do it well, I would love to do cinematography.

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.

I come up with the ideas for my videos, and I write the lyrics and choreograph them, and I direct them and tell everyone what to do and how I want them to sing the parts and do the tongue pops and eye rolls and stuff like that.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

I didn't make music videos in order to make a movie. Music videos were the goal for me, so it was never a step to something else. I approached it seriously.

A lot of rappers been putting out a lot of sub-par visuals. I feel like the visuals could be better.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.

There was a time when country never used to do videos.

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.

I think the key to directing a great music video is in making sure the song is great, and if it is, then it becomes really fun.