Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

The line frames cinema as fundamentally narrative art: the core task is to communicate a story, while technology is the evolving toolkit that helps filmmakers do it more effectively. By emphasizing “the best technology at your disposal,” the quote suggests pragmatism rather than fetishizing innovation—use whatever tools are available (from lighting and sound to digital effects) in service of clarity, emotion, and audience engagement. It also implies continuity across film history: whether working with practical effects, analog film, or digital pipelines, the filmmaker’s responsibility remains storytelling, with technology functioning as an enabler rather than the point.