Rob Reiner Quotes

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

I want to make my own movie.

I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting.

I would like to produce, and eventually, I would like to direct.

The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.

An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.

If you're a theater director, you're not going to be prepared for the technical side. And if you're a technical director, you're not going to be prepared for the acting side. The only thing you can do is go through the meat grinder of your first film.

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.

I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with being involved with something, all the way through the process [making movie].

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

I'm focusing on my efforts behind the camera. I'm doing some producing and directing so that I can make projects for all of the amazing, talented actors and crew that I know.

Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.

Some films go so well, and some films are disappointing. It's the beauty of the craft. You get it right, and you get it wrong. You have tremendous highs, and you have tremendous lows. Hopefully, you learn from them and become better, as you go along.

I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.

Making a film is an incredibly technical undertaking.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

The best education in film is to make one

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

If you're producing a movie you're involved in every aspect of the movie and that can be daunting and then going and doing a movie where you're just an actor for hire, and you can kind of sit back and giggle where you can see somebody sitting over there wasting time and wasting money.