Madchen Amick Quotes

I love David Fincher and I think he's a genius.

Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful.

But I would love to work with David Lynch, if I could. He's my hero.

My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.

Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything.

We used to do four or five films at a time and were not able to experiment with too many things. But, the heart was in the right place and everybody worked passionately. We had wonderful directors like Bimal Roy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Raj Kapoor.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

Working with Robert Redford would be an unbelievable dream come true.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

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.

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

I would still work with Mel Gibson! He's talented, man! Come on, he came up with 'Apocalypto,' man! I want to work with this guy. I've worked with Steven Seagal. He's out of his mind. I mean, I've worked with Spike Lee for four films. I've worked with some people that you can say are right there teetering between genius and madness.

I like working with Kenneth Branagh.

I loved working with Peter Weir. I think he's one of the greats and will be remembered as one of the greats.