Matthew Vaughn Quotes

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing.

I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.

Directors tend to be more underrated than overrated because it's a quiet job and people don't really understand it.

In terms of Cube I think he's very conscious of the technical aspect of the business whereas when you're just hired as an actor, you're not really secure in that part of your work and you're not really paying attention to where the camera.

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

I like telling stories, I like movies, and I want to work on films. I think I would feel safer behind the camera.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.

Films are a director's medium. We're all stemming from the director.

Film's a director's medium. Stage an actor's medium.

As a DP who mostly does features, I'm normally in a director's pocket, 24/7.

I've always been passionate about directing.

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the camera. He doesn't have to get in front of the camera again, subliminally or otherwise.

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

I prefer working behind the camera.

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

A movie shoots six months for two hours of film.

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.