Julia Roberts Quotes

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.

As a result of my life on the road and the increasing number of rainy afternoons in cinemas, I began to get the idea that I might write a film.

From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.

I loved working on 'Donnie Darko.' I learned a lot from the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal and the producers. I love doing what I do because I get to meet so many great people.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.

Movies are collaborative, and that's part of what makes it a great experience. They're different from a lot of other art forms, but also it makes it seem like when you see the final product, you go, 'I wouldn't have done that. I wouldn't have done this.'

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

You don't make a movie, the movie makes you.

Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've discovered about myself and what I can offer in the space of an exhibition - to talk about beauty, to talk about power, to talk about ourselves, and to talk and speak to each other.

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.