Top 100 On Set Quotes
#1. Being on set and seeing all that green screen, and how it activated my imagination, was amazing to me. I fell into that world very easily, and it was incredible to be a part of.
Dennis Haysbert
#2. On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.
Spike Jonze
#3. When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
Naomie Harris
#5. Music is definitely my mood master. It's a must have for me on set, and in my life to inspire and motivate me.
Erin Heatherton
#6. I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.
Donnie Wahlberg
#7. I can't stand not being able to joke around on set, so I have to.
Johnny Depp
#8. Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.
Luciano Vincenzoni
#9. Well I mean I think everybody was devastated because my last day on set was my death scene and so it was just sad altogether because my character was taking her last breath and I was kind of taking my last breath of air on set with everybody so it's definitely very sad.
Willow Shields
#10. Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when I'm not working.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
#11. You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
Maika Monroe
#12. It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them.
Shia Labeouf
#13. If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it's not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You've got to keep the energy up.
Bill Murray
#14. I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.
Eloise Mumford
#15. On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.
Roman Coppola
#16. On a film, you do your own work, you come together and meet on set, and then you shoot. It's great.
Bojana Novakovic
#17. I'm a bit of a pick-pocket on-set. If something is small enough to go in my pocket, and it will be neat memorabilia, it's gone.
Evangeline Lilly
#18. Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.
Romola Garai
#20. In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take.
Bill Hader
#21. I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.
Marcia Cross
#22. The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up to you with something ridiculous, and you say 'No, no that's too much.' Let's not worry if that's too much, let's shoot it, and then decide if that's too much when we see it.
Todd Phillips
#23. I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.
Guy Ritchie
#24. I think what really clicked for me was when I started booking commercials as a dancer ... just being on set and seeing every element of production, it was magic to me.
Bree Turner
#25. I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.
Richard Madden
#26. For you, it's a silent movie. For us, it's a talking movie because we had lines on set. There's a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing.
Jean Dujardin
#27. I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set.
Til Schweiger
#28. People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like everybody, because you're so often having to do new beginnings, starting off on set with people you don't know, having to introduce yourself and make friends.
Katherine Parkinson
#29. The first thing I learned about weapons is respect, and that carries into movies as well. If you're on set and you're dealing with weapons, live or not, you respect the weapon; you know how to handle it appropriately.
Rachel Nichols
#30. You have to move really fast, as a director in television. If you're able to keep things moving on set, everybody has more fun, and when everybody has more fun, the end result is funnier.
Jason Winer
#31. I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.
Felicity Jones
#32. When I chose to do 'Carrie,' I never had done anything on camera before. I was always onstage, so everything surprised me. Just going on set and walking into a makeup trailer and seeing Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore - 'Wow, I am part of this ensemble.'
Ansel Elgort
#33. I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.
Jake Gyllenhaal
#34. It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.
Luke Evans
#35. I'm most alive when I'm on set. Whether I'm imagining it on my head, I know what I want to capture.
Storm Saulter
#36. I don't feel like you can fully find the true character until you're in his wardrobe, on set, and really getting into the scene. And that's when you really find out who your character is.
Tye Sheridan
#37. I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.
Rory McCann
#38. 'Gods of Wheat Street' has been described as an Aboriginal 'Neighbours' or 'Home and Away.' But on set, we were calling it 'Black to the Rafters.'
Shari Sebbens
#39. Each photographer has their own vibe and presence that they bring to their shoots. Steven Meisel is a teacher. He teaches everyone on set something about their craft. He has an amazing way to bring out everyone's best in themselves.
Kylie Bax
#40. I don't really have a process. I'm very much an in-the-moment actress. I suppose I just kind of wing it because I feel that as long as I know my character, I should be able to be spontaneous on set.
Sophie Turner
#41. Honestly, I don't look at it as work because I have way too much fun on set to actually classify it as work. I know a lot of people who are like, 'Man, acting's so much work.' And I'm like, 'No, it's not. I'm having fun.' And I want to keep doing that. I don't ever want to give up acting.
Billy Unger
#42. I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.
Zendaya
#43. When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.
Amanda Crew
#44. Now I've gotten to know more about the industry. And now that I'm over 18, I can work without my parents on set. That was nice and helped me get comfortable.
Katie Chang
#45. I bring my dogs on set with me, and my little dog Karoo is smart as a whip. She knows where the craft-services food tables are, so anytime I can't find her, I know she has found her way to that area. She's a funny dog.
Hilary Swank
#46. It feels amazing to be back on set. It feels like home, even though the territory is a little bit unfamiliar because it's a new show, it's a new character, but once you get in the groove and you start to settle in and trust the moment, you start to really feel at home.
Brandy Norwood
#47. It [Dr Phil] was great. We had such a good time. Never a dull moment on set, considering the 18 kids. It never got boring.
Miranda Cosgrove
#48. To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.
Joel Edgerton
#49. I worked on dramas before, I love sinking my teeth into something dramatic or a period piece, but there's something so fun about doing a comedy. When you go to set and your only job is to make people laugh, there's an unbelievable energy on set.
Skylar Astin
#50. Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk.
Liam Hemsworth
#51. I've worked on jobs where there are almost 200 people on set ... you always make an effort to have a relationship but you can't really when there's 200.
Gemma Arterton
#52. There are a lot of stars I've worked with - big stars - who, when they walk on set, the energy just changes.
Kathleen Robertson
#53. I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.
Cary Fukunaga
#54. The cameras were a little twitchy, and you'd get less footage and less set-ups every day. The interesting thing about it was that you just composed images in a completely different way because we had big 3D monitors on set, and you'd wear the glasses and see the image in 3D.
Paul W. S. Anderson
#55. With sex scenes and intense scenes, in general, a lot of it is preparation before the scenes happen, so that you don't have to worry about it on set.
Vinessa Shaw
#57. The majority of the filmmaking process is in pre-production. The more you've planned out the more freedom there is on set to find new stuff, to play around, find new jokes and let the actors kind of breathe - but it needs to come from a place where it's completely structured.
Vin Diesel
#58. I was always on set, I was always working, so my study was down to the bare minimum required. So I am one of the few who didn't study 'Lord of the Flies.'
Eliza Taylor
#59. I don't watch anything I'm in. Not even on set. I won't go over to the monitor to watch what we've just shot. It's too terrible. I think I'm just very self-conscious.
Eva Green
#60. My mom was a model, so she's been really good about giving me tips on how to navigate behind the scenes - like the importance of being nice to everyone on set and remembering people's names, to how to be a positive part of the photo shoot and stuff like that.
Gigi Hadid
#61. I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can't remember people's names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can't think of George Clooney, I'll say, 'You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show ... ' Until someone says his name, I can't finish my story!
Andie MacDowell
#62. I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.
Sean Durkin
#63. I love to hang out and talk to people on set, especially when I start a new job to get to know them. I like to learn things from the crew so I sit around and ask them technical questions, when I think of them.
Claudia Black
#64. I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good things to play while you're on set. 'Words with Friends' is also great.
Natalie Martinez
#67. A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set and ultimately in the scene.
Steven Soderbergh
#68. Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.
Kaniehtiio Horn
#69. Sometimes you work all the way through to 5am, then get a few hours and you're back on set again.
Catherine Bell
#70. When a bunch of stuff is happening on set, you have to remember the grander purpose: you're telling a story, so you have to get to that moment, and that takes supreme focus.
Taron Egerton
#71. If you understand the importance of developing a relationship with the director and making that director see that you're the best technical adviser and resource in the world on your subject, you'll be invited on set as a respected and integral part of the process.
John Fusco
#72. I come home more exhausted after a day of emotional work on set than I've ever had in any sporting event I've played or anything. It's draining. But it's also part of the fun.
Mike Vogel
#74. I play a character called Lieutenant Delcourt who, in the original comics, pops up from time to time to rescue Tintin. I guess if you've grown up watching movies like 'Jaws' and 'Indiana Jones,' it's pretty surreal to find yourself on set with Steven Spielberg directing you.
Tony Curran
#76. My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.
Chris Zylka
#77. I'm like, bursting. I should be working. I don't want to take a break. It's funny, on set, I don't have to go to the bathroom, I don't have anything wrong, I'm perfectly fine, so through-and-through. I'm not hungry. I'm literally not even in my own body.
Kristen Stewart
#78. Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I've spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.
Eleanor Tomlinson
#79. In terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how to focus, doesn't know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party.
Lindsay Lohan
#80. There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.
Karl Urban
#81. The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.
Mike Leigh
#82. I'm always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.
Mark Wahlberg
#83. I'm definitely close to Jen [Lawrence]; we're like sisters on set. Every day, she hugs me three times before she leaves, and does little things that are really sweet.
Willow Shields
#84. You can't really explain to anyone the experience onset, you actually have to see it to understand what we're all going through. Some days we can be on set 15 - 17 hrs. Plus then there's training ...
Katie Cassidy
#85. I think having the opportunity to get inside the skin of people that operate outside the law and normal moral and ethical restraints, and then to go home afterwards leaving them on set, is pretty cathartic. I get to play out all kinds of bad behavior without anyone actually coming to harm.
Adam Croasdell
#86. To have a creative outlet that you can control is really important because you do a lot of waiting to be cast, then waiting to go into production, and then waiting on set.
Mia Wasikowska
#87. I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
Cate Blanchett
#88. Every day that you're on set is a new day to learn something. Every time you're there, there's something new that you'll notice or something that you'll miss, and you think of something new that you can do.
Isaac Hempstead-Wright
#89. Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.
Shawn Ashmore
#90. Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
Ewan McGregor
#91. Actresses are so spoilt - we have someone who does our hair for us on set, so we don't know how to do it ourselves in real life. I know how to wash my hair and brush my teeth, but that's about it!
Clemence Poesy
#92. In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.
John Niven
#93. Christie Brinkley told me that I needed to become a movie star because I have that something, and then we actually just became friends on set. She has such a young spirit, and is so vivacious. It was such a fun, fun shoot.
Ashley Graham
#94. I've always been a relaxed person on set, but I think the main thing is I think about it from an editing point of view way more than I did before.
Taika Waititi
#95. On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
Gary Oldman
#96. Lenny Kravitz was the biggest gentleman on set. He always helped the ladies, like by pulling out the chair for them. If we were both walking, he would always stop and let me go before him-little things like that.
Willow Shields
#97. We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for a cup of coffee.
Laura Carmichael
#98. When I'm on the set, I'll come up with ideas if I'm sort of just between responsibilities, because there's a lot of sitting around on set. Invariably, though, the stuff I come up with on the set tends to be bad.
Bruce Eric Kaplan
#99. I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate a cat without moving my lips. David Lynch would say, "Cut! Sorry, we've got a noise somewhere on set." Everyone would be looking around for this cat.
Anthony Hopkins
#100. I never really thought I went away because I've written all of the movies and I'm produced them all and certainly provided services about and beyond the average producer on two and three. I was on set most of the films and called action and cut a lot of times and did all that good stuff.
Paul W. S. Anderson
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