Freddie Wong Quotes

If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.

These days, you don't need a song or glamour to make your film work. It is all about a good story.

Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

People don't come to the theatres to watch a kiss. It's the story that appeals to them.

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or rock n' roll. That's part of the fare that's out there. And that's okay. For me, I place more value on a story.

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

'The Conversation' was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.

To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling - they call it slow-burn storytelling.

A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking.

It really doesn't matter whether it's an ensemble cast or it's a lead or what is perceived as a commercial or non-commercial or an offbeat film. None of that would matter, what really matters is the story and who's telling the story.

Comedy is one of my favorites, but I also want to get into drama and sci-fi.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

'ABCD' is a very good film - the story, the production value - everything is excellent.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

There are a lot of considerations that come into play when you craft one of these 'Saw' scripts, and there's only so much you can put into them.