Joe Swanberg Quotes

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

Filmmaking is teamwork.

I would love to work with Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Omar Epps, Martin Scorsese, Josh Mond, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David O. Russell, just to name a few. Those guys are absolutely brilliant at what they do.

I've known Venkatesh Maha since 2015 and we often discuss several things related to cinema and filmmaking.

I'm not the best filmmaker, but on the sets, it seems like everybody is having fun.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

I love acting; I don't want to give up on it at all, but it would be nice to step behind the camera once in a while as well.

I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.

Movies are weird; it's like trying to make a painting with one hundred people. It's a weird world, but every job is weird; it's always a little bit hard, crazy and fun, a nice combination.

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

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

I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'm going to explore as well.

When you're acting and directing, you're standing there acting with another actor, and you're trying to do your performance, and at the same time you're watching their performance, and making sure the lights are in the right place, and if the person is wearing the right wardrobe. All these things are going on in your head.

Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

I love film. I am very blessed to be making movies.

The thing I really love about film is there's a really big sense of teamwork, and everyone has to do their job to the best of their ability to make the film work in the first place.

Film has always been where my heart is.

I'm interested in films, in directing.

I really love to make movies.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.