Rose Leslie Quotes

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.

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 loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

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.

Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.

The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.

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.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

The organization that it takes to make a movie like 'Star Trek' is amazing, intimidating and fascinating.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

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.

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.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

Film-making was not at all what I had expected.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

My perception of making a movie before I started making movies was that it would be like 'Spy Kids'.

A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

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.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.