Buster Keaton Quotes

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.

Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.

I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.

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.

Half of 'Mudbound' were shots I stole in between other scenes.

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music for a film is fascinating to me.

With good content, a solid director can make a film without a superstar.

At the end of the day, making 'Monster' was unbelievably hard, as making any movie is. And the only thing that made it worth it is not those awards and all those kind of things that I can barely remember because I was so overwhelmed. It was really that night in the editing room, that day on set. It was those things.

There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.

Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. It's a completely different discipline, it exists on its own. I would say that the beauty of it is it's not the theatre, it's not done over again. It's done in bits and pieces. Things are happening which you can't get again. I forbid anyone to say "Cut", the soundman, the operator, or whatever.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.

With film, so much is in the director's hands. Once something is cut together - unless you're in the editing room - you don't really remember what the alternatives are.

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

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art-it's a fun group activity.

I love having 30 shots of every scene.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

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.