Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies.

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

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

My father was a director and producer, so when I was a little kid, he would take me to movies and show me what's good and what's not good and why, and often that would take me to a conversation about directing.

Growing up, I was on film sets occasionally, when my dad was acting, so I got to run around and do odd jobs on films like 'Labyrinth' and others... I seemed destined to make films.

My holidays in Hyderabad would be spent on films sets visiting my father and uncle, or in the studios; I was gradually drawn to films.

When I was 16, I was in a film called 'The Patriot.' I spent every second I could on the set watching the director and his team bring America circa 1775 to life. From that moment on, I was hooked.

I was very conscious of the film industry - a lot of people, neighbors, worked in it. I actually grew up doing a bit of extra work myself. I was homeschooled, and it was a way that I could make money. My parents let us do these jobs, and I never got very far, but I was much more interested in what everybody else was doing, and I liked being on set.

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.

I've auditioned for pretty much every one of my father's movies.

I've been on sets my whole life.

My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'

My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

You never get fans hanging out on movie sets. It just never happens.

My grandmother and both my parents worked in Bollywood.

I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on film sets all over the world.