Justin Baldoni Quotes

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

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

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't care about the story that they're telling; I really only care about who wants to tell it.

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it.

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

As the director, I try to go in and know as much as I can about the material. I really try to go in and understand what all the characters are about, what the movie's going to look like.

For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.

When you make a black-and-white movie with two people in it in 2016, you're taking a swing at something.

Every film requires a different process. You learn about these particular actors and the particular chemistry between these actors. Recognizing when you don't need to shoot a scene because it's going to be cut anyway.

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

I would like to thank the 49 actors who appear on screen in 'Whiplash' for realizing Damien Chazelle's vision so beautifully.

Films are a director's medium. We're all stemming from the director.

I'm not the guy who does slo-mo, or I'm not the guy who does splashing rain or doves flying or anything; that's not me. Every film, I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.

Alex Zamm is probably the most talented director I've ever worked with. He is so good at working with actors and crew and setting up his shots.

Your job as a director is to study the show, understand the show, understand the vibe, the tone, the characters.

If your director knows what he wants on screen, it makes things easier.

Jason Reitman is an amazing director; he's really amazing with his actors and crew.

When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject.

Live-action films are very much a director's medium, and that director is going to be a very strong voice, a stronger individual voice than you'd have in animation.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.