Martin Freeman Quotes

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

I think everything within film and TV helps inform every other role, so it's definitely helped my acting, being on the other side of the camera, and it's just given me a whole new appreciation for how hard everybody in the crew works.

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

If you're sitting in the audience, you probably can't see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or a great part, but I can assure you that a good film depends on lot of different things falling perfectly into place.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

I love being part of the movie-making process. There is magic. There is an element of mystery and unpredictability.

Movie-making is a very creative medium of expression.

I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

Movies are weird; it's like trying to make a painting with one hundred people. It's a weird world, but every job is weird; it's always a little bit hard, crazy and fun, a nice combination.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

I wanna work; I love so much making films; I hope I can do one after the other. Being on set is what makes me happy, so... The more I can, the better.

I love directing.

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

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