Location Filming Quotes

There's great stuff out there, but I prefer doing a TV show, going to work every day with the same people, and a lot of stuff is not being shot in Los Angeles and I don't really want to do that because my loved ones are here.

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

As soon as I got off the plane in L.A., I heard they'd cast the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and that it was all being shot in New Zealand! That was pretty ironic.

Portland doesn't have the same kind of infrastructure that the national film hubs have. We struggle with that a little bit.

Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood.

If you can't get tax breaks, then there's no reason to film in a city or state.

There's kind of a summer camp aspect of filming on location.

From my experience of shooting 'Tudors' on the island of Ireland, you cannot predict the weather.

It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s.

I don't like to shoot on sets at all. As much as possible, I try to shoot on location.

Shooting in Hong Kong, you can do whatever you want, even change the script every day. In Hollywood, you have to have a lot of meetings.

I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.

A lot of the time, what happens is, when you shoot in L.A., you tend to be able to do things faster, believe it or not.

Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields.

I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

It's a different thing shooting for 10 weeks in India as opposed to on a set on stage pretending you're in India.

I've made so many films in New York. There was an assumption I think a lot of people had that I am a New Yorker, that I am from New York, and I always felt like nothing could be further from the truth.

I have always wanted to do a show where I could stay home. When you make movies, you might as well take a dart and throw it at a map.

I like shooting locations just because too much control on the stage can be a bad thing.

Shooting against greenscreen... my choice of filming is, like, I'd rather shoot on location than shoot on a set, and I'd rather shoot on a set than shoot against greenscreen. You start stripping away the layers of reality, and it becomes a lot less fun to actually film.

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.

The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.