Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music videos and all the shots and setups to edit it all together. If I interact with a person, I'm seeing a whole scene come to life.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

Directing is a tremendous art.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

Being behind the camera is where I feel comfortable. I've found something that I feel I, as 'Michael,' can be as confident in as 'Johnny' was on the stage. It's great being part of the creative process. You're right at the start of an idea, and you get to see it all the way through till the end.

Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

In a very real sense, all you do when you're shooting film or television is you shoot a scene, and then you shoot another scene, and then you shoot another scene.

My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images.

I loved being asked 2,000 questions a day, storyboarding every move, knowing as though by instinct exactly where the camera had to be, because it was my story.

I'd like to have a go at directing.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people.