Jean Louisa Kelly Quotes

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

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.

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.

Directing films is incredibly exciting to me.

Other than advances in technology and equipment, making a movie is the same as it was when I started, at least. I don't go back to the silent era.

I learned a lot about filmmaking from my dad. Starting when I was a child, I would listen to my dad as an actor, writer, director and producer talking about films - you know what the treatment would be in the opening, in the middle, and in the ending.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.

I will say that 'Source Code' proved to be a very tricky film to shoot.

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

If you want to be a director, work with writers and find different ways of telling stories with film, then do a course. This way you can consolidate what you've learnt and use the course to go further.

I like making movies.

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.

I'd like to have a go at directing.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.

When you're making a movie, it's a very interiorised world.