Antoine Fuqua Quotes

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

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.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

I love making movies.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

I dream about doing a film about once a week.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff.

I love having made a movie.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me. So when David Fincher comes along and wants to direct 'The Social Network,' when Bennett Miller comes along and wants to direct 'Moneyball,' or when Danny Boyle wants to direct 'Jobs'? Hallelujah. I want them directing it.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

To do your first film is a dream.

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas on the screen. You can't hide behind some other person's script; you're saying, 'This is my brain, and I want you to know what I think'.'

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