Miranda July Quotes

Just so everyone knows out there - it's not easy to make a movie. It's really hard.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

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.

Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

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

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.

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.

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

This is the best film school there is, just to make movies and be there on set.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

Our film society back home is so different from here. Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. It's just figuring things out and understanding the codes and how the system of Hollywood compares to that of Norway. We don't even have agents. There's no studio system, no managers.

Making movies is really hard. It's a very complex process, with many, many variables.

Filmmaking is all about what we like to do on-screen. We have attempted that in the film. I have worked very hard to perform the character.

I feel when I say I can do something and carry this opportunity to make movies, it's because I took the time to study it. A boxer can't just jump in the ring. You've got to practice and practice and practice.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.