Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr.

Working on a set and working with actors, that's all the same. The moment you're doing it and you're in the moment, you don't have time to think about it. You just have to make it as good as you possibly can on the moment.

I just hate digital. Looks ugly. Even if you were to shoot this anamorphic, which looks great, I just don't like it, it feels like video.

As long as I stay true to what I believe is a good movie and what is my vision, that's all I can do.

For me, directing is sort of like cooking or something. You know that you're making this interesting recipe while you're putting all the ingredients together, you can never oversee what it's gonna taste exactly. So while you're doing that, you're tasting.

While shooting a movie if I can't find what I want, then I keep going until I find my moment.

Waiting for the horror is almost more frightening than actually seeing it. Just the pending dread.

Scenes change while shooting. Nowadays, while you're shooting the movie, you're cutting at the same time.

Then if the actor comes up with, "It's more logical to do this," I just change it [a scene] on the spot.