Maggie Q Quotes

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

A lot of the time, what happens is, when you shoot in L.A., you tend to be able to do things faster, believe it or not.

Making a film is an incredibly technical undertaking.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.

There's usually not a lot of rehearsal when you do films.

The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life.

If you're going to break cinema, film, and movies apart, very rarely to you get the opportunity to even think that you've been a part of cinema.

There are certain people that when they ask you to do a film, you just say, "Where and when?"

One of the biggest changes for me on a practical level of shooting the film was having a second unit.

I've always loved film more than theater, and film may be more closely related to making a record because you have that ability to go in and do your work and have no judgment around it, and feel honest. Then, much later, it's presented to people. But in theater, people come backstage after a performance and you're about to do the same play again the next night, and people say, "Well, I didn't really believe that emotion" or whatever. It's really hard for me, I like to be closed up and just do the work.

I realized that everyone in Western society, in some weird way, believes that they've had the experience of producing feature films.

The film industry is a cyclical business. Even musicals are coming back.

Movies principally require the best of everybody, all at the same time, being the best they can be. Not just like five people being the best they've ever been, and 10 people not being the best they could be. It's like if everybody is either doing their greatest work, or the whole house of cards falls apart.

Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else's part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back.

Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly.

I always find film-making a pleasurable experience.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

As an actor if you're working you're usually in three places, you're either prepping something, you're shooting something, or you're post on something or promoting something.

It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.

I do like working on independent films where it is a smaller budget and less pressure. The pace is also quicker than that of a big budget film. You are shooting at a fairly fast pace. Sitting around for three or four days can be quite draining. So I guess in terms of film or television, I would say filming an independent feature.

I never knew that when you're number one on the call sheet you have not only the responsibility of carrying the film but also the responsibility of keeping up the morale of the crew and cast.

I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

I love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.

You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on.