I think some people get confused between development and pre-production. In pre-production, you know all your dates.You know when you’re aiming to release the film. You’ve got your script. You’ve got everything sorted. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
For ages I thought I’d wasted my career doing visual effects, I wanted to be a filmmaker. And then I’ve learnt at the end of it all that actually visual effects was probably the best training ground I could have had. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
There’s a side of me that wants to rebel, and as soon as you go down this path with a movie, and you’re supposed to go right, I want to go left, just to see what it’s like. I just want to do it,because the more I know you aren’t supposed to do something, the more I want to do it. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
All great films have stories attached to them of how horrific they were to get made. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
I take my ‘Star Wars’ quite seriously. There’s humor in the movie, but as a fan I just wanted it to feel real. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
I know when I was 9 and 10, I was watching films way beyond that age group, and it’s what kids aspire to. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
I spent 10 or 15 years doing visual effects and, if I learned anything from that time, it’s that you do the best work when you let things go wrong and embrace the happy accidents. Then suddenly it feels fresh and you’re somewhere new. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
It’s such a marathon making a film – two-and-a-half years, at least – and every day, you do something that in any other lifetime would be one of the highlights of your life. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
But you know, ‘Star Wars’ is the movie that’s affected me the most in my entire life. It’s the reason I wanted to become a filmmaker, and you’ve got this amazing opportunity to play on that field. Gareth Edwards Read Quote
