movie making quotes

In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.

Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you’ve got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I’ve always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

I used to make little movies when I was younger. I’d make my friends be in them and then edit them.

Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can’t see any difference between take one and take 20.