Julie Taymor Quotes

You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.

I've loved movies since I could remember. They were literally the most significant thing in my life as a kid. I'm really lucky that I've felt so inspired by them; they're such a good format to tell a story.

A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

There is a great insatiable hunger for good stories throughout the media.

People go to see a film because it's a great story and it's visually exciting to watch.

The place I begin is with story. If the audience doesn't care about that, then it doesn't matter how amazing the spectacle is. My central philosophy is that people go to the movies to be told a story, not to see stuff blow up.

Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some.

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.

I just always had a love for television and movies.

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.

When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message.

Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.

I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera.

We can't put up a movie that looks beautiful but doesn't have substance.

When television gets in trouble is when it forgets that it all begins with the written word.

A sad truth I learned as a DP starting out was that it doesn't matter how beautiful I make it if the story and performance are not there. That should be number one.

I think as storytelling has changed, you know, it's kind of turned into kind of hyper-reality movies.

That's what I love about movies and TV: You can go anywhere any time and be whoever you want.

I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.