Molly Ringwald Quotes

Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

It's great, getting the scripts and working with somebody like Sam Esmail, who is such a great leader.

We tend to see films as artifacts of one mind. The reality of it is, I think, when you come out here and start working, you have to learn pretty quickly that it's a very collaborative process.

Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.

I'm proud of 'Sinister' because Scott and Cargill did a great job on the movie, and I set up a framework for them to make what they wanted to make. They gave me the idea, and I figured out how to get it out into the world.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and go straight to video.' When you're in it, you think you're doing the best work you can do. You're surrounded by people who are working hard. Everybody's hopeful.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and having an idea and watching the idea be added to and at the end you have this thing.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

Nobody engages in a film, regardless of what your job is in it, to make a bad one.

I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors.

When there's a good script, everybody circles.

I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special.

In 'Stree', I had a great time working with the whole team and Dinu, being the producer and one of the most important people. And now we are doing another film together, and I'm sure there will be a couple of more films in the future.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

Film is a collaborative medium, and I very much enjoy that.

I still recall how nervous I was when I went for the recording of 'Guzarish'… When I reached the studio, all of them were there - Rahman, Aamir Khan, lyricist Prasoon Joshi and director A.R. Murugadoss.

For the last 10 years, I've been working with Donald Glover and Ryan Coogler, and we've put down so much time really trying to make the best that we can, whether it's a movie, a film score, or a song.