David Yates quotes

“Personally, I read a lot of scripts.”
-- David Yates

#Scripts Quotes

“In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it's like having a big train set.”
-- David Yates

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Drama Quotes #Hollywood Quotes #World Quotes

“I like happy sets. Happy sets are good, and I think people feel comfortable on them.”
-- David Yates

Source : "RT Interview: David Yates on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. July 15, 2009.

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks.”
-- David Yates

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Risk Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Actors Quotes

“I'm a Harry Potter fan.”
-- David Yates

#Fans Quotes #Potters Quotes #Harry Potter Quotes

“In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts.”
-- David Yates

#Drama Quotes #Scripts Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?”
-- David Yates

#Directors Quotes #Balls Quotes #Want Quotes

“I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.”
-- David Yates

Source : "David Yates Talks HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, Why He Isn’t Directing THE STAND, and His Al Capone Movie". Wizarding World of Harry Potter Interview, collider.com. November 11, 2011.

#Kings Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Book Quotes

“My own idea about 3D is that it is there to enhance the viewing experience but I don't think that you have to use it in a tricky way, I think that the minute you sacrifice story and character for something coming out of the screen, I think you've lost it.”
-- David Yates

Source : Source: collider.com

#Character Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.”

“A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.”

“I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.”

Source : "Miracle On Ice: One-on-One with Al Michaels, 30 Years Later". Interview with Darren Rovell, www.cnbc.com. February 22, 2010.

“I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become.”

“There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.”

“I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.”

“I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.”

“The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.”

“I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.”