Max Richter Quotes

The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors.

If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

The great thing about being a producer on a project is that you get to see the ins and outs of every piece of the puzzle. There are so many elements involved in every aspect of a film's development that I don't think the average person is aware of, which is, I guess, why the whole process is referred to as movie magic.

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.

Filmmaking is teamwork.

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

I like to be on set and see what the camera guys are up to. I like to see all the jobs that come together to make the thing you are also making.

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.

'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

Film, for me, is in two stages. One is when I write the script more or less on my own - that's the nice bit. And then comes for me the unpleasant bit when they all go off, 100 people - actors and camera people and film and sound - and I stay away. When they go into the editing room, I come in again, and that's the bit I like.

Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are.

Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.

The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.

When we're shooting, I'm in producer mode.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.