Melissa De Sousa Quotes

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.

I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's what I do every week.

I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.

I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'

I would love to branch out a little bit and... do a Judd Apatow type of movie. It just looks like it's so much fun.

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers. I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter. And the rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic, and the best idea wins.

I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.

I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to take time to develop three-dimensional characters.

I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

I always knew I wanted to make movies since I was around eleven. I never thought of it as wanting to do straight-up comedy. Even now, I don't see things in terms of genre.

I would love to make a romantic comedy.

I want to take up anything that excites me. It can be a drama, action or a comedy.

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.

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflict, and when I do a comedy, you know, I've found that, like, romantic comedy is the trickiest one, because often it's neither: it's not romantic and it's not funny. So, like, I like a comedy that's biting. It's biting humor or really quirky humor.

If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.

I like to see love stories: romantic comedy or romantic drama.

There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.