Michael Giacchino Quotes

I started making little short films with friends, and then I decided I wanted to get into the school play in high school.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

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

I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.

My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten.

I'll always have my skate life, but I absolutely like the fun of making movies.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story.

I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.

I love making movies.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

I really love making movies. I just have this yearning in my stomach to go back and somehow subversively screw up television a little bit again.

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

I liked writing with my friends and making our own little stories. Making a movie like 'Spider-Man' never even crossed my mind.

I used to make little movies when I was younger. I'd make my friends be in them and then edit them.

Ang Lee - he is amazing. I think doing a film with him would be breathtaking.

I made tons of stop motion films with my friends in my neighborhood.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.