Catherine McCormack Quotes

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us back on track.

When I went to Jamia, I thought I wanted to be a cinematographer or photographer because I liked telling stories in pictures, but my teachers explained that if you want to tell your own stories then that is what a director does.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

As the director, I try to go in and know as much as I can about the material. I really try to go in and understand what all the characters are about, what the movie's going to look like.

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

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.

Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.