Ray Winstone Quotes

Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you.

I think that's one of the biggest goals I had in making a movie, was listening to what other people had to say.

You can't have cinema by committee if you're trying to do it well.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

When you have somebody writing or acting for you, you have to be free to have them hate you so you can get your ideas across without worrying.

There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was very specific.

My job is really to... everyone is reading the script, and my job is to make sure we all interpret it in as much the same way as possible. And then I give them the freedom to sort of - to get their performance across and then make suggestions where things are not working and accentuate and push things where they really are working.

Cinema is an art form, a result of dedication of a number of people.

As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

With actors and directors, it's a conversation that you have. You have to learn each other's language and learn how to communicate with each other effectively. It's really nice when you can have that communication on a level where they walk up to you and you can see by the expression on their face what they want. You don't even have to talk, it just like, "Got it!" And, you know what they want before they even ask for it.

It's always fun to be able to have a voice, because it helps me to stay in tune with the project and the people that I am working with. Ther's nothing worse than being on a project and not being able to have a voice. I don't like that.

Every film I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.

I'm definitely one of those people that what comes into my head falls out of my mouth. That's a way for me to be even more creative, to sort of get the ball rolling and start parlaying off of somebody and interacting. That charge or that friction sometimes - if it's positive or negative - is inspiring, and it gets people to be I think creative, maybe.

Smaller movies are great because you don't have to argue with so many people all the time. But really I like arguing so there's a balance either way.

I've come to a point where I just want to do movies that I just believe in. I have come to an understanding of filmmaking, a new understanding where I believe it's a director's medium. That means working with people that I believe in.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.

Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they've done they... they keep looking and they listen to what other people have to say.

It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of really interesting filmmakers and they all approach their job in unique ways.

Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don't see the actors hit it, you paint in those little spaces and tell them what direction to go in.

The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star.

Sexuality is, of course, a great way of having a conversation between people.