Peter Berg Quotes

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

We had a great time making 'Chennai Express.' It was a learning experience working with Shah Rukh... it was a positive experience.

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

I love the work that goes into making a movie and creating a different world. It is a wholesome experience.

I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I learnt a lot from them all.

Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place.

I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.

Making movies is great. It was like love at first sight; a whole new, different business. I can see why actors love it so much.