Stephen Chow Quotes

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

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

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

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

I shoot a lot of film - that's one of the things I try to do, and it's one of the things I learned how to do with Robert De Niro on 'Men of Honor.'

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

It's possible for an editor to break down a dream, if you like, into its components and being able to shoot the wide shots in sunshine, when the weather was at its best and you know, we would get sort of almost a 3D effect sometimes if you chose the right time of day to shoot the thing.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.

I watch a lot of movies, and I tend to be influenced by scenes that intrigue me, that make me want to use the same effects or technique.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

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

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.