Francis Lawrence Quotes

There are a lot of considerations that come into play when you craft one of these 'Saw' scripts, and there's only so much you can put into them.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world.

I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to happen, if I'd find the right actors, and so on, so I grabbed '50/50' because I just fell in love with it.

I am equally a writer and an actor and a director.

When you are writing and directing and producing, there is a lot of stuff to do. I like to finish one; then while I am editing, I will think of the next one.

I realised that I enjoyed direction while making 'DCH.' The process of putting a film together and working with the cast and crew felt good.

It is always good to be cast in films with good stories and content, made by such amazing banners and directors. For an actor it's a task to work in films like these.

I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we all watch movies, don't we? But even though I grew up in Los Angeles, my family was entirely unconnected with the movie industry, and I never truly believed that it would one day be my fate.

I have a list of things I want to say through my films and I have started doing that.

I really wish it would only take two hours to make a two-hour movie.

Actors don't request what scenes to be written in. That's just not how it works.

I never thought I would direct a film.

The reality about shooting films is that you can shoot many jokes and decide later which one works. So it's not worth fighting about jokes.

I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be alone in the room writing. I need to have more people around me. So, I 'write' with a film camera and have a party at the same time by having a bunch of people around.

When I was watching 'Sivaji,' I had no clue I will be a filmmaker; I had not even started making short films at that time.

I'm a filmmaker and I intend to continue making films of all kinds, in any manner, shape, or form - short or long.

I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.

I wanted to understand the whole medium and that is when I decided to do television. Once I thought that, I was confident about making a film.

I also write stories and want to show these stories to the world; someday someone might want to direct them.

Screenplays are the currency of Hollywood.

I make movies on the subjects that excite me.

I think every film is like a team game, especially for me. I have always got films which have a strong cast.

When I went to Jamia, I thought I wanted to be a cinematographer or photographer because I liked telling stories in pictures, but my teachers explained that if you want to tell your own stories then that is what a director does.