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Production Designer Inspirational Quotes (78)

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We were trained from cartoons. Everything who was on the screen was chosen. Anything who was not there was deliberately not there.
John Hench
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Even in traditional filmmaking, you're always trying to find novel ways of telling stories, and this is different.
Rick Heinrichs
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People love to talk, so let them have fun talking, I think they have an interesting, wonderful connection, so you knowWhat does dating mean? I don't know. I couldn't say. People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.
Catherine Hardwicke
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I always look forward to going for a walk in Rushcutters Bay Park, right down to the bottom where you can look in the clear water of the harbour. I use that time to clear my head and really focus my thoughts.
Catherine Martin
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People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.
Catherine Hardwicke
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I'm being totally honest, but I really do get chills every time I see something that I designed, painted on the biggest stage in Universal, standing proud there among all the other stages. I think, That is so amazing that I did this.
James Pearse Connelly
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I have a funny process : it’s called procrastination.
K. K. Barrett
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If you go to old houses on Long Island you will see painted Chinese wallpaper, which was big in the 18th century. Throughout history, notable, established families have always tried to link to the 18th century.
Catherine Martin
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What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar.
Jane Rogers
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I directed the first Twilight movie. It was in my contract that I could have gone on to do the other films, but I didn't feel as connected to the other books.
Catherine Hardwicke
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Since I was a little kid, I did like fairy tale. I did dress up like Little Red Riding Hood. My mom had to make me a cape.
Catherine Hardwicke
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Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes.
John Hench
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We wanted technology to go away and for us to experience what it gives us, in a direct link, without any interface
K. K. Barrett
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I like doing commentary. As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things. I often like the technical commentaries myself.
Catherine Hardwicke
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When you're surrounded by feathers and sequins and ridiculous Lycra outfits, it's impossible not to have a smile on your face.
Catherine Martin
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You can't really just think, Oh, I want to make something that is going to appeal to every single person in the world. You have to just try to make a movie that comes from your heart.
Catherine Hardwicke
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I suppose that every time there is difficulty. I remember about Space Mountain: It took us ten years before we found the technology that would allow such a ride. And during these ten years, I had a model that I kept, waiting for the technology we needed.
John Hench
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You certainly can't be a perfect person, coming up with the 100% correct solution, all the time. It's just a combination of a chain of good decisions that comes up with a successful product or a successful film. That's what you hope for. But, nothing about the system is 100% fool proof.
Rick Heinrichs
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Of course, the male-directed films make more money.
Catherine Hardwicke
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Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming.
John Hench
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A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that they bring to it, that they've developed on their own and that is singular to them.
Rick Heinrichs
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I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.
Catherine Hardwicke
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In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.
John Hench
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I can go back to my very first movie, Thirteen, and think about that exact moment when I saw Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood do their chemistry read audition together. It just came alive. I was filming it with a video camera and I was like, I know I can make a good movie now.
Catherine Hardwicke
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