Frank Darabont Quotes

I think films are bigger than structure.

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.

I think making a film is as much knowing what you don't like as what you do like, and avoiding the things that you don't like like the plague and making sure that they never appear onscreen in any shape or form.

When you are scripting, the scene, the dialogues, everything comes before you, taking final shape. That is truly the most creative aspect of filmmaking and that is what I enjoy the most.

You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you know, you can learn anything you need to know about filmmaking- that's camera, sound, celluloid, video at this point- in four hours. It has nothing to do with anything. It has nothing to do with it... It has to do with what you want to say. If you feel you have something to say, you'll find that way to get it said, on film, and not let anyone or anything chip away at that or tarnish it, because it's something special and precious.

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.

Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.