What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.
More Quotes by Grant Heslov
I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first weekend or two, they're gone.
It takes a long time to get a film made.
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.