Charlie Kaufman Quotes

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

Film, for me, is in two stages. One is when I write the script more or less on my own - that's the nice bit. And then comes for me the unpleasant bit when they all go off, 100 people - actors and camera people and film and sound - and I stay away. When they go into the editing room, I come in again, and that's the bit I like.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

It takes two years to make a good film.

I'm attracted to directors in general because I appreciate the work and the job they have to do. I watched the post-production, I watched the pre-production... post-production is something that I'm very interested in and I did spend a lot of time in editing rooms when I was young pretending to be sick.

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.

It takes a long time to get a film made.

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'

Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until it's over.

In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know.

I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.

Well, there are three different processes of making a film, of course. They're sort of re-written three times. You write it to start with, and then you shoot it and you re-write it while shooting and you sort of re-write it as you edit.

It takes a while to get a movie together, and they don't start talking books until the movie is close to being finished.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

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'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.

It's a lot of work that goes into producing and directing and all those kinds of things. It doesn't just happen. It's a lotta work. It's a lot more work than acting.

To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day.

If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff.