Jon Favreau Quotes

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

Working with a guy like Ice Cube on 'Ride Along,' you learn so much. He's a guy who produces, writes, and directs, so you watch and learn and ask questions. As you go, you learn and figure out what you should and shouldn't do. I do nothing but soak up information.

I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

Hits and flops will come and go. But what stays with you is the experience you had while shooting a film. I am happy learning something new each time.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.

Every day that you're on set is a new day to learn something. Every time you're there, there's something new that you'll notice or something that you'll miss, and you think of something new that you can do.

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.'

I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work.

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike, you're always learning new things, you're gonna face new challenges and when you face new challenges you'll have an answer for them.

I've written with people who aren't like me, then I've written with people who totally get it. It's like a blind date, and you never know what's going to happen. But it's really cool because they learn from you, and you learn a little bit from them. And sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.

Technically, I direct, I'm a writer, and I do all these things, but I never went to school for them. It's just something you pick up; it's like its own art, basically.

Half of 'Mudbound' were shots I stole in between other scenes.

I'm always learning and you are never too old to stop learning new things and improve your game.

I want to work with as many directors as possible because with each director, you learn something new.

I learn from everybody on a film set.

I'd really love to watch David Lynch work, to be a fly on the wall.

When I was growing up I would always watch the more experienced players to see what they were doing and why they were doing it.

I'm strong-willed, but that doesn't mean I can't work with people if we're all in the mission of trying to make a good movie.