Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us back on track.

In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try to learn to speak it really well. But on a movie, you are the guy. You are creating the language; you make most of the decisions.

Throughout whatever I do, I always just say "Director" first. I am directing the storylines and I'm creating what it is.

I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

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.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

There's no way I see myself as a director. Direction is far too creative.

A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.

The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to do that.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

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

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

I'm a filmmaker; I want to make films. I don't want to sit in a hotel room waiting to make films, and I can control my thing in Denmark; I can make the film I want to make... of course, I have to write a good script, all that, but if I do my job, it will happen.