Craft Quotes

“There's no such thing as an unimportant shot.”

“Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.”

“My job is to find the truth of the character, in the moment.”

“I just want to be known as a good musician.”

“Good photography is not about 'shot' or 'taken'. It is about 'made'.”

“I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make a difference.”

“To me, the greatest thing in the world is to be a master of a craft, and to know it to the last, final detail.”

“Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - are the tools of his trade.”

“I think the most important thing for an actor is to stay in contact with the real world.”

“Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.”

“I'm a craftsman. I'm not an artist. I'm a craftsman. I'm going to do my job.”

“A musician is a professional, a craftsman, and has to be able to deliver on demand.”

“Give me a couple of years, and I'll make them all look like hacks.”

“The first job of the screenwriter is to be a storyteller.”

“Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own.”

“What is art? It is the well-making of what needs making.”

“Screenplays are structure.”

“I was always interested in the orchestra and its colors.”

“You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.”

“I always try to write a book that is compulsively readable, that you can't put down.”