My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker. Votes: 4
Robert WiseI've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do. Votes: 2
Quentin TarantinoThe best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it. Votes: 2
Christopher NolanA story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order. Votes: 2
Jean-Luc GodardA filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper. Votes: 2
Stanley KubrickI don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. Votes: 2
Conrad HallFilms are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker. Votes: 0
John MiliusLike every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible. Votes: 0
Michael HanekeI was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker]. Votes: 0
John WatersI know every film is different. Every filmmaker is different and works differently. Votes: 0
Rachel MaddowAs a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense. Votes: 0
Michael GlawoggerI've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Lauren GreenfieldHopefully with digital projection, a film will always look the way the filmmaker intended. Votes: 0
Asif KapadiaOne of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes. Votes: 0
Francis Ford CoppolaIt's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics. Votes: 0
Alex GibneyI don't consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker. Votes: 0
Alex GibneyI still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs. Votes: 0
Alexander Payne'Looper' was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmaker. Votes: 0
Paul DanoAs a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind. Votes: 0
Chika AnaduTo me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema. Votes: 0
Arthur JafaI don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker. Votes: 0
Errol MorrisThe worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed. Votes: 0
John CurranI mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Michael MooreWhen I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Laura PreponAs a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' Votes: 0
Peter JacksonThe advice I give to every filmmaker is you have to be tenacious. You can't give up. Votes: 0
Morgan SpurlockI think I'm still trying to find my voice as a filmmaker and finding stories to tell. Votes: 0
Katie AseltonWhat I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Antoine FuquaThere has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker. Votes: 0
Len LyeI've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there. Votes: 0
M.I.A.I hope people will put aside Tom Ford the fashion designer and think about Tom Ford the filmmaker. Votes: 0
Tom FordI'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place. Votes: 0
Simon BeaufoyI would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that. Votes: 0
Anna Deavere SmithI always have said, you know it's not for me to forgive or to condemn, I'm a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Joshua OppenheimerAs a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work. Votes: 0
Peter JacksonIn England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. Votes: 0
John CarpenterAs a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. Votes: 0
Michael HanekeThe filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story. Votes: 0
Rachel GriffithsI am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life. Votes: 0
Jonah HillI grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers. Votes: 0
Nicolas Winding RefnI want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Charlie KaufmanI decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life. Votes: 0
Tom HooperIt's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can. Votes: 0
Mike NicholsBut I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor. Votes: 0
Evan GlodellAs a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about. Votes: 0
Jose PadilhaMe, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see. Votes: 0
Alexandre AjaAs a filmmaker, you look for a story, and the story has to have conflict and a match of opposites. Votes: 0
Frederic TchengI live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. Votes: 0
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