Alexandre Desplat Quotes

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that.

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

I like to make movies I like to watch.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

As far as I'm concerned, I make movies.

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

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I'm a believer in film school.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

Susanne Bier's work I've always really enjoyed. She's just such a great filmmaker; she's very cool and very sexy - that always helps, too.

I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them.

I love filmmakers.

I had grown up thinking of movies as something to eat popcorn with. Bergman and the other European directors were the first ones to open my eyes to film as art.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

Making movies is what I'm good at. Cinema is the means through which I can best express myself.

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

I love movies. I can't participate in my love of movie-making fully unless I'm producing it.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject.

I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

I actually didn't really start to get into the research of film until I was much older. I decided I wanted to direct a lot earlier than I started to do the research, which is really strange, but it is the case.

I just love the process of filmmaking.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.