Max Winkler Quotes

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

I love to choose the right actors. It's kind of a pleasure to work with them and watch them imbue your concepts that you write.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

Of course, if you're gonna make movies, you gotta make movies, and I'm not gonna say no to a good role.

I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.

It's such a drag to make a movie.

A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast.

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.

When you're making a show or a movie, there are a million people and things in your way. As an actor, you're like a glorified session musician or player. You really are.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

It's always tempting to cast someone you enjoy being with. You've got to hang out with these people for a number of months.

As a filmmaker, the only way that I understand how to make a film is holistically.

The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region.

The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.