Quotes by Cameron Crowe

I love actors.

Stars arrive on their own timetable.

That’s how I am as a director – if somebody does a really good take, I can’t help it, I’m not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.

Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you know or things that happened – but my favourite filmmakers, my favourite movies of theirs tend to be the personal movies.

If you try to write something that’s memorable, you’ll never get it. Sometimes it’s the way the actor says the words that make it memorable.

I always loved song writers who wrote songs in the first person, so it’s kind of like that.

RRC remains the best publication to hit my mailbox.

My dream is to do exactly what I’m doing. I love writing and directing, and being somebody that can write about an artist I love or make a film about it. That’s great. I would leave the other stuff to those who do it much better.

I just love when a movie takes a break and gives you a poetic moment, but sometimes it’s good when they just happen randomly. If your actors are really comfortable and you let the camera roll, sometimes things happen and you just see something that’s visually iconic, or emotionally that way.

The power of music is still with me, every day. It’s one of the most inspiring things available in the world. I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me. But, I think it just came from being affected by strong, personal art.