Todd Barry Quotes

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

I majored in screenwriting and playwriting in school - and wanted to make films as a career. But when I directed my first short in college - which was called 'Extras' - I lost thousands of dollars and made an unsatisfying and incomplete film.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.

'Basha' is the best screenplay in my career.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

I was a history major, but that was because it took the fewest requirements of any major. In my sophomore year, I started getting back into making movies. My senior year, I took playwriting classes, and I feel like that's where I learned to be a writer.

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire.

I enjoy the details. I enjoy coming up with ideas for improving the script, changing scenes and deciding what locations and wardrobe should be - the process of making a film.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.