Bruce Weber Quotes

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.

I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was always interested in the process and telling stories. I've always wanted to direct.

When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

Directing is a tremendous art.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.