Jenny Agutter Quotes

I think directing is something I would really enjoy.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

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.

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

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

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.

The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the crew, and at that point, the cinematographer takes over. You start accommodating the camera instead of the camera accommodating you.

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

The most creative phase of a film is in shooting, because structure is the defining element of that phase.

I've always been passionate about directing.

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

I loved working with Renoir on 'The Southerner.' Oh, I loved it! I particularly loved when he had a scene with a cow going through a garden, and he wanted a little dog to come and bark at it and chase it out.

I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

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

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

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