Chandler Riggs Quotes

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.

I want to do movies with great stories. The content should be strong.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

Details are the only thing that separates one movie from another.

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.

As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas.

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.