Film Focus Quotes

I think your behavior is different when you work on digital or film. It seems that... I feel most focused if I'm working on film.

When I make a movie, I don't do any shows because the focus is completely on the film but when I take up a show, it's an absolute relief!

I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible because I want people to be able to watch my films and not be distracted.

After I did nine years of a television series, I didn't want to do anything really that involved going to a set and being in front of a camera for quite a while. And when I did start to want to do things, I wanted to focus more on film.

You can make a movie that's more focused on the jokes, but Young Adult was not that kind of movie.

The older I get, the more I'm drawn to the smaller films, but I still hope to keep bigger films in my repertoire. It's just maybe going to be a shift in focus, but I'll definitely still hopefully be kicking around in those.

My focus is films, and 'Angela's Eyes' is one of those TV projects that has some good TV concepts behind it and good writing.

My focus stays on doing good films with notable characters.

I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.

I've made a couple of films that were a little too wide and non-specific - like 'The Doctor.'

There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.

I don't want egos and personalities on the set that make it more difficult to make the film. I don't want people who take the focus away from the movie and the ideas behind the movie.

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

I took a break from TV for about three-four years. During that time, I had to let go of some of the best shows that were offered to me, as I wanted to focus on films. It was believed that if you are seen too much on TV, you won't get films.

My focus are only films. There is something special about films as when it is being played in a dark theatre, the audience is watching only you. Whereas in TV there are a lot distraction.

Little decisions were made, every day. In this movie [The Hunger Games], we really focused on Cinna and we didn't get time to focus on the other stylist.

And consequently, you have this rich looking film, which gives it this kind of muscular feel, deep focus, soft focus look. I'm not that great on development. I can see where things go wrong, but Beau, Carl and Mike Finch, they worked on it relentlessly. And then I would see the material and I would say, "Well, that just doesn't ring true. I don't quite know why that's happening."