39 Quotes by Gareth Edwards

One of the things you do, when you have a scene or whatever it is you're doing, I replay that scene in my head and pick different positions to watch it from in my head.

I like jumping around perspective. It keeps things alive and makes you realize that your personal perspective on anything is very misleading and it's real hard to get a real sense of anything.

It's a great Disney tradition, isn't it? For every single character to die in all their movies.

My earliest memory of actually definitely wanting to be a filmmaker was when I got thrown out of class when I was 10 and I was storyboarding a short film I wanted to make with my friend's camera.

I've always wanted to do it. I know a lot of people say that, but I really did want to make films, even when I was a tiny little kid.

Especially in television, when you do visual effects, what you're predominantly doing is trying to add value to TV shows that otherwise don't have any.

I hate love stories, personally. I'm not a fan of them. I absolutely loathe romantic comedies, with a passion, and I really worry when people use the word 'romantic' when they describe the film.

So when you make a disaster movie that is trying to say something about our world, you reach for images that haunt you.

You have to strike a balance between imprinting the film with your voice, and trusting these amazing, talented people you've hired to do great work.