Joe Dinicol Quotes

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

I'd be happy doing anything on a film set.

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

I've done a lot of period dramas, but I love modern productions, too.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

When I was a young kid, my pops introduced me to it. He took me to Harlem, 145th and Edgecombe, to watch the filming of Claudine with James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. That was my first taste of seeing a set and the cameras, and I was bit by the acting bug at a young age.

If you're a theater director, you're not going to be prepared for the technical side. And if you're a technical director, you're not going to be prepared for the acting side. The only thing you can do is go through the meat grinder of your first film.

I've done a lot of period drama before. A lot of my jobs have been that.

Being on the 'Alex Cross' set, and watching and learning about and paying attention to everything that was going on there, I realized, 'Here is a moment for me to learn.'

One of the great advantages of my time spent in movies and in basically every role possible, both in front of the camera and behind the camera, that I've gotten to see all these different ways that people work and the way movies are constructed from the inside out, from beginning to end.

The quality of television is becoming so good from an actor standpoint, where you get to do these amazing scenes with amazing directors and cinematography.

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I can rub Vaseline on the audience's eyes.

I think our first scene was us arguing, and nobody wants to argue with Angela Bassett, but the thing about it was that all of the nerves I had going into it were immediately kind of quelled as soon as I got to the set. Becasue she's not Angela Bassett, she's just Angela Bassett.

My parents are in the business - they're actors - so I kind of grew up on a film set, which was a funny place to grow up.

Surviving the elements is working, but being on set and having to do a scene and being in a room with the same people who you actually enjoy and respect, your day project was easy.

Even though I was playing myself on 'NCIS,' it was so cool to see how everything works behind a camera.

I have been in the industry for five years and would love to play a historical character.

Well, I kind of did the math in my head when I was like, 9. I was like, 'Well, if I want to make films' - because I want to be a director - 'I could just go on a film set and learn there.' And then I ended up falling in love with acting and the set and making friends all the time. And so I've just been doing that ever since.

Initially, it took me time to realise that I am sharing screen space with Irrfan Khan. But when I started working with him, a lot of times I would end up laughing in a scene.

Luckily, I've had the chance to perform with some of the best actors in Pakistan, who helped me out a lot on set.

I have a background in theater - I went to school for theater. I love film - love it - but there's just something about theater that I really miss.

I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!

I had a good experience while shooting for 'Mahanayak.'

You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.