Tony Scott Quotes

There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.

If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen. If you don't have a brilliant screenplay, then you either have amazing actors who give you the chance to improve whatever is on the page, or an interesting director who has enough faith in the project that they can carry it through and get it somewhere.

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

Films work due to scripts, characters, and what you see on screen.

Directing is a tremendous art.

I like doing film, you know, single-camera.

I always loved experimenting in film.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

Filmmaking is a real craft.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.

I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.

Working on movies made me realize how fluid the medium of film was.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

Documentaries for me always felt kind of limiting. I wanted to go bigger. And I also love actors, and I love performance. So feature filmmaking was always the intent.

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

I completely love directing.

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.