Stephen Chow Quotes

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

I have a very simple philosophy when it comes to casting, and it really is casting the best person for the role.

Bill Murray, we've got to get people worthy to be on the screen with him, as opposed to just a bunch of random… with no disrespect… but a bunch of random local actors.

When 'The Lighthouse,' bizarrely, became the film that people wanted to greenlight, it was really clear that those were the only two people to play the roles. And I knew that they would want to do it.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.

When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

Casting is very, very important.

With movies, they have a certain person or style that they're looking for. It's not that they don't like you, but maybe you're not the person that's right for their movie. That happens a lot.

Roles should choose an actor and not vice versa.

I love to combine first-time actors with seasoned actors.

When you cast somebody, you write to their strengths.

You read a script, you try and think through what is the best, most wide-ranging way of telling the story: who stylistically, character-logically, psychologically fits inside the world of what you're trying to do. A lot of it, when you're casting, is trying to get yourself in the head of a director.

When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.

I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that, and the words that are on the page, depending on how it's written, can really help your character develop.

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.

You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.