Oliver Stark Quotes

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. I never really understood how movies were made until that movie, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Since then, you've seen more and more and more, for all different kinds of films, about what goes into the process.

The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.

The production scale of 'Okja,' which I had never experienced before, was jaw-dropping. Not only the actors but also all the staff were experts in their fields.

For four years, I worked as one of the general shop crew on movies like 'Naked Lunch' and 'Arachnophobia.' I made lots of bugs.

I got to learn what does and doesn't work on screen. Because the turnaround is so fast, there's no messing around. You have to be on the ball.

If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have the resources to make a story that moves you.

There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a little quicker, but the concept is all on television.

They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.

It doesn't bother me to work with so much green screen. I prefer real settings obviously.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

In movies, images cost - if you want a big image, it takes more money.

If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's contribution is a rather slender band.

My wife Victoria Harwood was art director on 'Far North,' and she had designed my student film, 'The Sheep Thief.'

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

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

Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive.

Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

I would love to produce a film.

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

It's such a drag to make a movie.

'Dark Knight' shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long.

A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated.