Johan Renck Quotes

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

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.

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

Being behind the camera is where I feel comfortable. I've found something that I feel I, as 'Michael,' can be as confident in as 'Johnny' was on the stage. It's great being part of the creative process. You're right at the start of an idea, and you get to see it all the way through till the end.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

I see videomaking as an art - it's not a process for me.

Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

I love it behind the camera as much as I do in front.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

Denis Villeneuve is such a wonderful filmmaker. I just feel nothing but grateful to have worked with him and to have a chance to learn his language of filming.

I'm a filmmaker first, nothing else matters.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.