King Vidor Quotes

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

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

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.

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.

I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

We always set out to just make a great movie.

I became really aware that when you're making a movie, you're making it three times. You're making it when you're writing it. You're making it when you're shooting it. And then you're remaking it again when you're editing it.

I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited.

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.

I'm an artist, and I'm part of every decision in a movie.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

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

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.