Christian Bale Quotes

When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

No one sets out to make a bad movie or disappoint anybody.

The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show.

The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now it's there, and it makes me feel a certain way.

'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.

I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

The bar was very high-we had to really make sure that we got what we really wanted, that it was a real finished album. We weren't going to give up until we got that.

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

Directing is its own monster with its own set of muscles and exercises.

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.

Nobody engages in a film, regardless of what your job is in it, to make a bad one.

It's hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know?

Priyadarshan has directed over 84 films and more than 150 ad films. With every film, he is growing. He knows his job well; he is thorough. His way of making a film and song or choreographing a scene is entirely different from other directors. He knows how to use an actor's talent and how to handle an actor.

Ultimately what I try to do is work on stories I love with people I admire, and sometimes they get made and sometimes they don't.

I make one film in three years, if I go wrong it will take me another three years to prove myself.