47 Quotes by Griffin Dunne

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.

But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to notes.

In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

I still produce, by the way, a couple of projects that I'd like to produce and direct, because I have ownership of the material.

There are just not other cities where you don't need a car, where everyone is reliant on public transportation, where we're all in each other's faces.

I remember my earliest images of New York came from movies, and I couldn't believe that people lived on top of each other in tall buildings.

Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.

I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with being involved with something, all the way through the process [making movie].

When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.