Jeffrey Wright Quotes

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.

I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

I love restaurants, and I love cooking.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.

I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

You can't make a movie about making movies - it's boring.

When they're good, there is nothing like a big film.

For me, I try as much as possible to just think about being in the movie theatre, having the lights dim, and what would I want to see on the screen. That puts me in the frame of mind that made me want to be in the movie business to begin with.

As a child I liked to watch movies. As a young man I wanted to work in films.

My entire family has been part of the film industry for many years.

My grandfather D. Ramanaidu has been in the film business for over 50 years, so I grew up in films.

I'm the third generation of my family in the film business, and I grew up with a deep passion for movies. I made my own Super 8 films when I was a kid and always loved the editing process.

I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.

I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

In an alternative life, I would have loved to work in film - I love film.

I will do a film if there is a good scope for acting. I am looking for good scripts.

I always wanted to direct a film.

When I was young, I wanted, most of all, to be a writer of films and film music. But Middlesbrough in 1968 wasn't the place to be if you wanted to do movie scores.