Simon Pegg Quotes

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.

'Barsaat' was a wonderful experience, but it took a long time in the making, and that got very tedious.

I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.

I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized this was something remarkable.

Basically, you make another movie, and another, and hopefully you feel good about every picture you make. And you say, 'My name is on that. I did that. It's OK.' But don't get me wrong, I still get excited by it all. That, I hope, will never disappear.

You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because you really are the leader and the captain.

I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's better to feel free within any budget.

If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s okay.

I just want to make a beautiful film. I've had it in my head for so long, so I want to try. Every now and again I get scared. And that's not really how I operate in songwriting or as Sia the artist, the singer. I don't operate from a place of fear. But this is such a new area for me. I still have some insecurity. So, like, once a week I get washed from the top of my skull down to my toes with this vomitous feeling of fear. I think, "Just don't do it. You don't have to do it. You're already a singer and a songwriter. Really, you don't have to make a movie.".

Nothing really attracts me to the film industry, to be perfectly honest. I look at acting as an art, and that's all it is for me. It's just fun.

It was like I couldn't even begin to tell my mom I was singing. I didn't want anyone to think that she was trying to get me to sing. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it on my own. I really wanted to do a completely different thing.

Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.

As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.

You have to be a pretty miserable person to not enjoy making movies. It's something I always dreamed about. I do not take it for granted.

When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I've never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.

I'd meet a new filmmaker that I'd always loved, and I'd think, "Great! I'm in the right place." It's a weird way to look at it, but I don't care as long as I'm able to make stuff that I want to make.