Chris Zylka Quotes

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.

I've always loved 3D. In fact, as a kid, I was exposed to 3D at an early age because my grandfather was a specialist of 3D in cinematheques. And then my cousin put it in 'Science of Sleep' with toilet paper tube cities. But he was a specialist and I always wanted to do something in 3D.

I really believe, especially with 3D, you kind of have to approach it as this holistic thing. You have to kind of mount a 3D movie; you can't just add 3D as a kind of a special sauce sprinkled on top of a dish afterwards to give you an extra 20-percent in theater grosses, which I think is the way a lot of studios perceive it.

The experience of shooting 'Encounter' itself was very exciting and challenging.

I always enjoy shooting for all my films.

Filmmaking is something that I'm really passionate about. Film, in general, is something that I'm passionate about.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me. So when David Fincher comes along and wants to direct 'The Social Network,' when Bennett Miller comes along and wants to direct 'Moneyball,' or when Danny Boyle wants to direct 'Jobs'? Hallelujah. I want them directing it.

It's not appropriate to a love story, or - there are a million stories you could think of that don't need 3D. A lot of movies don't even need color!

Making a movie is a network of decisions that keep multiplying as you go. You leave a trail of decisions behind you, and that's how you start to see the shape of what you've done. When you get far enough, you turn around and say, 'Ha, that's the movie.' It's only then that you find out if it's going to work or not.

I don't know how anyone ever makes a good movie. It's a miracle every time.

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

When I saw 'Jurassic Park' as a kid, that was the first time I thought about making movies for a living.

Whenever I used to watch Hollywood films, I used to feel, when would Tollywood make such films?

I definitely have always been interested in film and working in that, and I never actually thought that I'd be able to do it.

It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally.

Making a film is a very difficult thing to do, but the experience of 'Best F(r)iends' is a great memory.

Filmmaking has been my love since my mother brought me to see James Whale's 'Frankenstein' at the local library at the age of six.

I wish to direct someday.

I want to become a movie director and win an Academy Award. That's what I'm trying to do.

I don't know how films get made, and I think I'll leave it to other people.

When you make a film, everyone wants to define it.

'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'A Simple Favor' were each a master class in filmmaking, and I had so much fun working with all my costars.

I cannot imagine of making a film without Boman Irani.

With films, you are not so much on a schedule. TV is all about scheduling.

I don't think I have the patience required to undertake projects as huge as 'Baahubali.' You need to spend a lot of time and years to make something empowering like that.