46 Quotes by David Slade

'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up.

Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it.

To get the film in your head on the screen, first you have to take it out of your head and explain it to everyone who is working with you. This will take work and planning.

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

Make the film that you love. When you find a film that you love, every molecule of your being will be moving in the direction of making the best film you can possibly make. This should be your default mode of operation.

It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can.

Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work.

When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever.

I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow.