Nancy Juvonen Quotes

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

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

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

Whether you're shooting in India or on the Death Star, you're doing human drama.

A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances, thinking 'How I am going to shoot this?'

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

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.

If you are making a record, you are the one saying 'action', and you are the one saying 'cut,' and you have to be sure that the most interesting thing is not going on outside the frame.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

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?

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.

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.

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

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.

You have more time to work in movies. My experience with movies is that you have more time to experiment with the character and camera angles and things like that.

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.