Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Quotes

I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Way
• Kid
• Directing

I'm a fan of musicals from great masters, and I was able to have an opportunity to express myself in musical numbers with Glee.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Fan
• Express
• Musicals

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• See
• Realize
• Thrill

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Culture
• Skin
• Perceived

It's a great asset to you, on your first film, to bring some people with you from the television world because they understand the speed that you have to work with to get your grand ideas down.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Work
• Ideas
• Speed

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Want
• Day
• Make

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Imagination
• Concrete
• Extension

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Real
• Ideas
• Directing

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Stories
• Filmmaker
• Scale

As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

• Artist
• Technique
• Composition