“Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own.” IdeasShowsFilmInterestMy OwnPayTasteShort Films Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats.” ThinkingWorldNeedsShouldMadeFilmTakenDependsAnother WorldFormat Author:Joseph Kosinski
“You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.” KnowsWantNeedsWellsMadeFilmSuccessfulDirectorsMaking Money Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I think that while you're making the film it's important to just keep your eye on the ball and make the best movie you can, and then realize that it's out of your control.” ThinkingImportantEyeFilmRealizingBalls Author:Joseph Kosinski
“Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.” PeopleFilmProcess Author:Joseph Kosinski
“Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I here? What is it that makes me who I am? Those are the kind of questions my favorite science fiction films ask.” ThinkingKindHelpingFilmPurposeAsksFictionIssuesScience FictionMy FavoriteWho I AmHopefullyRelateGreat Science Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I was always looking for a career that could combine my creative interests with my technical side, and it ends up directing films is the perfect combination.” EndsFilmSidesInterestPerfectCareersCreativeCombinationDirecting FilmPerfect Combination Author:Joseph Kosinski
“Tom [Cruise] is a great producer himself. He's got great sense of story. It's always great to have the perspective of the person who's playing the character in your film.” PersonsCharacterStoriesFilmPerspectiveProducersTomsCruise Author:Joseph Kosinski
“When I was in architecture school, rather than giving us drafting boards and t-squares and lead pencils and stuff they gave us all the same tools that places like Digital Domain and ILM used to make features films or special effects. They gave us all these digital tools like Alias and Mya and Soft Image and all these kind of high-end computers, so I came out of architecture school knowing how to use all that stuff. And I started making short films at night.” GivingKindEndsUseSchoolFilmUsedNightStuffKnowingSpecialEffectsComputerToolsArchitectureFeaturesBoardsDigitalSquaresPencilsDomainSpecial EffectsShort FilmsDraftingAliasesArchitecture SchoolDigital Tools Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on it while you shoot it. I think those are lessons you learn on any film.” ThinkingTryingFilmLessonsScriptsShootingBetter Place Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I heard, one of my producers told me this story where like the Hollywood studios brought all these high-end consultants in to try to figure out how to improve their process and make films more efficiently, and these consultants like studied the process for years and finally came up with this report they put together about how studios can improve the efficiency of their process, and the conclusion was "have the script ready by the time you're shooting.” TryingYearsEndsStoriesTogetherFilmProcessHeardFiguresReadyHollywoodScriptsStudiosProducersConclusionShootingReportsEfficiencyConsultantsHollywood Studios Author:Joseph Kosinski
