Aden Young Quotes

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'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

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 wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.

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.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.

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

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

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 think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come to life.

I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.

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

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.

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.

I finished 'Hell or High Water' and started writing 'Wind River' literally the next day.

First hand on 'Go Goa Gone' I learnt how to write on final drafts, how the process works.

'Basha' is the best screenplay in my career.

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