Barry Sonnenfeld Quotes

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone.

I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

You can't direct without a good crew.

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

My dream role is actually behind the camera. I want to direct.

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

I've been a solo act, a columnist and worked from home, only relying on myself. Now I'm part of a team, a leader, and I have to fit in at a big corporation and deal with all the moving parts, all the different personalities. That has been a challenge, to be quite honest, that I've embraced.

Pooja Bhatt is a very good director.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

I was in film school as an undergrad with a focus on directing. Once I started working on shoots, I realized, 'Oh, I really like this cinematography thing.'

I have a dormant director in me. I do think about subjects and films I want to make. I get pretty excited about them.

I've got an opportunity that not many people have - to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

I want to work with Sriram Raghavan, Imtiaz Ali, Karan Johar, and, of course, any other director who is offering a great role to play in a film.

I've always been interested in directing, writing, and producing, so when I went behind the scenes, it was like a whole new world that I got to experience.

When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.

I'm honored to be asked by Stephanie Allain - whom I've long admired - to add to the scope of my programming purview at Film Independent. I salute David Ansen for his work with the festival and look forward to continuing to follow his example.

When I decided to leave the military, I realized that the skills I acquired there were transferable to the commercial world both in leadership and the information technology field. I made the decision to move to Oracle because of its strong leadership role.