James Frain Quotes

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

If you have a great story, any film will work.

Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

'Just' writing is every bit as important as any other creative part of a film.

As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.

With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.

I have realised there are so many stories which can be told beautifully on screen. It's important to be part of such films.