Malcolm McDowell Quotes

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.

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.

I love making movies.

Making movies is what I'm good at. Cinema is the means through which I can best express myself.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

There's as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I'd love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.