Amanda de Cadenet Quotes

I knew that I always wanted to be a filmmaker, an actor, a writer and a director, that was always my plan.

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

I always say, 'I love producing, but directing is my passion,' and for a while, I had to produce to support my directing habit.

To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I realize I'm probably going to be able to do this for a little while for my living.

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

You have to be a pretty miserable person to not enjoy making movies. It's something I always dreamed about. I do not take it for granted.

I really like photography, and I'd like to do more of that kind of thing. If I had to choose a different job within the industry and do it well, I would love to do cinematography.

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.

I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

I think the other honest attraction was that I just grew up loving watching TV and loving watching film, and there's so many directors and actors that I dreamed of working with, I just really wanted to take a crack at it and see if I could ever work with some of those.

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

A dream of mine is to become an executive producer and writer. I would love if that ended up happening to me in the future.

I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

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

I've always wanted to make movies.

I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started directing, I said, 'If I could pull this off, I can some day move to the back of the camera and stay there.'

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.