Howard Shore Quotes

I think moviemakers are dramatists.

You have to be a great storyteller. And you have to master the tools that you have to tell the story which are, inorder of importance, the script, the actors and then thetechnical means.

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

'Hardware' came about because I had written quite a few scripts and hadn't had any luck getting them made.

Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I make films about stories that I get interested in.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

Film is definitely a director's medium. They're responsible for the look and everything, and you're a part of that process as an actor, and you try to contribute to the story. But I think it might sound a little pretentious for me to say I think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as a creative person.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.

If I have an idea I want to put in a movie, I know what camera will make that look best, and I have ideas for future projects and stuff I'd like to build for those. I think it's just part of how I work, though.

Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.

Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles. I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles. People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made. I hope it's of interest to people. One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

We're trying to make a movie that's interesting.