Taylor Hackford Quotes

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the producers and you know, came up with the idea with the writer and the producer, as well. But, it was a very collaborative event. You know, I really love working in that way.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I like working with writer-directors because you can solve problems right there.

I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.

Film is a collection of many mediums and collaboration and you're only as strong as the people you're working with - and everybody owns their mediums.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process.

What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.

Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think.

I like to just work with great directors.

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results.

I'm re-teaming with the producers of 'Twilight,' whom I love and who I have an amazing relationship with.

I love writing books, but it's a solitary experience. When I'm on a film set, I'm with a bunch of other artists working together to make one thing.

'Sing Street' was the first time I'd worked so collaboratively.

I've always been a very collaborative person, and I think 'Cop Car' and all the people I worked with who made it possible is a good example of that.

All great directors or anyone who has a strong vision like Scorsese needs to have a lot of support around them. I think from the very beginning - when we met each other - he realised he could trust me to do what was right for his movies.

I work very closely with my co-writer, Efthimis Filippou. Ideas either start from him or me, and then the other one develops it, and it's a constant conversation.

Music has been more a solitary, creative thing. The acting side of things and working in movies has helped me collaboratively with music in terms of helping me get ideas across to other people and making it more of a team efforts.

Mistakes happen because so many minds work on one film.

We tend to see films as artifacts of one mind. The reality of it is, I think, when you come out here and start working, you have to learn pretty quickly that it's a very collaborative process.

Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together.

I write all my scripts with Salman in mind. He understands me perfectly on the sets.