Philippe Falardeau Quotes

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

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.

I don't know how films get made, and I think I'll leave it to other people.

As a filmmaker, I'm very collaborative. I don't pretend to know everything that is needed to make a movie. What I like to do is get together with a group of people, starting with developing the story and bounce around ideas.

Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting.

I don't think people understand what it takes to make a movie unless they've experienced it themselves or been around it. It's a miracle every time you make a movie, and a bigger miracle if it turns out well.

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

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

I would love to produce a film.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

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

It's such a drag to make a movie.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

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

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

I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

Making films is no longer a way of acting, it is a way of life.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

I love making movies.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.