“I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.” EndsBehindsStepsDirectCameras Author:Jackson Rathbone
“When you're an actor or actress in this business, usually the natural progression is to direct, but a lot of times, we don't get a chance to get to it. Myself, I really want to get into it. I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera.” WantPersonsActorsNaturalChanceFrontsDirectCamerasActressesProgression Author:Jamie Foxx
“I do want to take some time and reinvent and get better and maybe get behind the camera a little more. I do want to direct at some point and start failing really early - start shooting videos and then commercials and then hopefully do some narrative.” WantLittlesBehindsFailingDirectCamerasVideoHopefullyShootingNarrativeGet Better Author:Channing Tatum
“The TV camera has no shutter. It does not deal with aspects or facets of objects in high resolution. It is a means of direct pick-up by the electrical groping over surfaces.” MeanDoeDealsObjectsTvsPicksAspectDirectCamerasSurfaceResolutionElectricalFacetsShutters Author:Marshall McLuhan
“I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.” ActorsDirectorsDirectCamerasDirecting Actors Author:Richard Marquand
“Director Michelle MacLaren is the John Cage of this malevolent silence, able to wield it as precisely as a pointillist with a paintbrush. And with 'To'hajiilee,' the final episode of Breaking Bad she'll ever direct, she has painted her masterpiece. Under the unblinking eye of her relentless camera, this was television not as entertainment but as endurance. It was agonizing, nauseating, unbearable. I loved every minute but hated every second. I couldn't wait for it to be over but I never wanted it to end. And I especially never wanted it to end like that.” EndsEyeAbleWantedWaitingSilenceMinutesTelevisionDirectorsDirectCamerasFinalsEntertainmentHatedEnduranceEpisodesCagesMasterpieceUnbearableRelentlessEvery SecondAgonizingPaintbrush Author:Andy Greenwald
“I take bits and pieces from every director. I'd say Sylvain [White] and Nimrod [Antal]. They were more about teaching me lens sizes and depth of field and how to move the camera and lighting. I do want to direct and I didn't go to film school, so having a director that are very much hands on that way and looking to let me learn, that is a key factor.” WayWantHandsSchoolFilmMovingBitsWhitePiecesTeachingFieldsKeysDirectorsDirectLet MeCamerasDepthSizeFactorsLensesLightingFilm SchoolBits And PiecesDepth Of Field Author:Columbus Short
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“I would love to be able to get behind the camera and direct actors. I think that would be a lot of fun.” ThinkingWould BeAbleActorsFunBehindsDirectCameras Author:Colin Hanks
“I try to keep feeling what's going on and try to use the camera, the actors and the design to enhance those feelings. There's something really emotionally direct and honest about how I put the material with the images. You hope that the strength of mise-en-scene comes from an honesty towards the material. You also hire really well.” TryingWellsUseFeelingsActorsHonestHonestyDesignMaterialsSceneDirectCameras Author:Ira Sachs
“You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also only 42, therefore how can I direct someone who's 60? So you see where the argument ends up? If you take it to its logical conclusion, I would have to walk around and point a video camera at myself. And who the hell is interested in that?” IfsEndsBlackAbilityWalksHellArgumentDirectCamerasVideoConclusionArtisticLogicalVideo CamerasArtistic Ability Author:Gavin Hood
“Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character. It can really move and tell a story, and literally direct you to look here or there.” LooksCharacterStoriesFilmMovingMovementHorrorPureDirectCamerasCinemaJustifiedHorror Film Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“I think that I would like to have that kind of a budget [hundreds millions dollars] and I think the reasons for it are it gives you more time and it gives you the opportunity to be more ambitious with what you want to do with the camera and also how a scene works. I wouldn't want to direct those kinds of scripts.” ThinkingWantGivingKindReasonOpportunityMillionsSceneDirectCamerasDollarsScriptsWhat You WantBudgetsMore TimeAmbitious Author:Duncan Jones
“I don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film.” WantFilmDirectCamerasVideo Author:Giuseppe Andrews
“The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on the big screen. [It's] the same thing from behind the camera; maybe even worse. Coming up, when you're black and you want to direct somebody says, "Oh, you're Spike Lee" or "You're John Singleton."” WantFactsBigsBlackBehindsRolesDirectCamerasMalesScreensAfrican AmericanAbundanceBig ScreenProminence Author:Michael B. Jordan
“More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it is too soon to define the characteristic of the photographic style today, one common denominator, rooted in tradition, seems in the ascendancy. The direct use of the camera for what it can do best, and that is the revelation, interpretation, and discovery of the world of man and of nature. The greatest challenge to the photographer is to express the inner significance through the outward form.” MenWorldWellsUseSeemsTodayFormCan DoChallengesCommonStyleExpressionCommunicationApproachPhotographyDiscoveryTraditionDirectCamerasPhotographerMediumsCharacteristicsRevelationsSignificanceInterpretationAestheticRootedCommon DenominatorAscendancy Author:Beaumont Newhall
“I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.” WritingFrontsDirectCamerasMovedIntention Author:Analeigh Tipton