James McAvoy Quotes

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.

Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.

On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

I think any filmmaker looks back and thinks, 'Boy, if we only had four hours more on that day when the sun was going down,' or, 'If we only spent more time and went back.'

Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.

It's hard to prep a movie in five days and shoot it in five days and cut it in barely any time. You don't get quite enough time to make the thing, let alone tell the story.

I really want to complete films in a shorter duration, but somehow it does not seem to happen.

I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, "It's a stormy night." Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: "It's a calm night." Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies.

There's always pressure on filming. There's the weather, people, various different technical problems. There's always pressure! And there's never really enough time for anything, really!

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there's not enough time in the day to do everything.

They didn't have the money to keep Christopher Lee long enough to play his scenes with me.

I'd always intended to make 'Far North' straight after 'The Warrior.' We had the rights to the short story, the script was in development, and I knew where I wanted to shoot it. It just took a long time getting the script together and raising the finance.

I did this film for less money than it costs to stay in this hotel. We shot it in 20 days. We couldn't screw up takes for fun because we didn't have enough film.

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.

When you're on set, and that clock is going, every second you spend doing something is a second you spend not doing something else. That's true of all of life, but it's very vivid on a film set because you're always managing that.

It doesn't matter how big or small your film is: you still don't have enough money. You don't have enough time to shoot it.

Unfortunately, no matter how much time you get, you can always use more.

TV is all about schedule and budget, and you're always fighting that.

With 'Gerald's Game' in particular, we didn't have enough money or time and it was really hard.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

Patience, time and money accommodate all things.

As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule.