Tom Waits Quotes

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

There's more to directing than plotting scenes out.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

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.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

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

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

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.

As far as behind the scenes, I absolutely want to get into making my own films and producing my own things.

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making.

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.