Scott Speedman Quotes

There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie: the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

Before I made a film, I thought it was easy.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

I personally think a fight scene is the most cinematic thing you can witness because all the elements of filmmaking come together, you know, with the camera speed changes, editing, make up effects and general smoke and mirrors of trying to make it look like you are hitting someone when you're not. It's filmmaking in it's purest form, I think.

What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.

I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.

There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'

I love watching action films, and especially the little moments of wit and humor in the choreography in a lot of them. The editing of an action sequence often has great moments of comic timing.

It is a challenge to direct any film.

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing.

The success of the film is down to the crew.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

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.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the movie that would eventually become 'A Grand Day Out.'

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I went back to film work after Dobie. I went back to film work after Dobie.

I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life.

Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. I never really understood how movies were made until that movie, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Since then, you've seen more and more and more, for all different kinds of films, about what goes into the process.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

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

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!

As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour all wrapped up into one.