Quotes about Filmmakers

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. Votes: 4

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward. Votes: 3

Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times. Votes: 3

Filmmakers are anxious about what other people are working on. Votes: 3

Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice]. Votes: 3

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them! Votes: 3

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint. Votes: 3

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. Votes: 3

Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing. Votes: 3

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time. Votes: 3

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. Votes: 3

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. Votes: 3

I know many filmmakers, and shooting in IMAX is challenging. Filmmakers love the vividness and power of those big images. Votes: 3

Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the history of motion pictures. Votes: 3

Before, I just don't think we knew how much music was out there; now with MySpace, it's really opened it up. Filmmakers have so much more choice. Votes: 3

In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have needed the Co-Op. Votes: 3

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating. Votes: 3

Filmmakers don't work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don't last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust. Votes: 3

Filmmakers, they tell me they want to make movies. I say, 'Good, go out, buy a $500 camera, get some friends and make a movie. Don't go to Hollywood. Stay wherever you are.' Votes: 3

Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That is what makes them special and a movie star. An actor's capital is his body. Votes: 3

Filmmakers are always in a bubble; along with our crew or writer, we don't really get to socialize with other filmmakers, so the great thing about Sundance is you can see many other filmmakers doing the same thing you do. Votes: 3

I'm very happy to be involved with great filmmakers. Votes: 2

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil. Votes: 2

I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come. Votes: 2

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand. Votes: 2

If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans. Votes: 2

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials. Votes: 2

Early 1900s Hollywood was full of farmers battling to hold onto their land against a new influx of filmmakers who dug Hollywood's reliable weather and diverse landscape. Votes: 2

I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them. Votes: 2

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers. Votes: 2

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all. Votes: 2

I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary filmmakers in their category. I just see us doing some work. Votes: 2

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun. Votes: 2

Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends. Votes: 2

Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met. Votes: 2

I guess that in this process of trying to incorporate or to be faithful to the films I admire so much, that's how I start to find my own voice. The admiration I have for filmmakers, this gratitude, perhaps that's my only way to become specific. Votes: 2

Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is allowing self-distribution, and girl groups like Spark Summit are leading the way in calling for fewer Photoshop image alterations of girls in print media. Votes: 2

The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors. Votes: 2

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine. Votes: 2

I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to tell many, many stories about themselves, and black filmmakers have not had as many years, as many opportunities, as many films to explore the nuances of our reality. Votes: 2

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed. Votes: 2

I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries. Votes: 2

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives. Votes: 2

I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in film school I acted in probably 6,000 student films because no other filmmakers knew anyone who wanted to act. It was all a big beautiful snake eating its tail, progressing along the way. Votes: 2

I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing. Votes: 2

Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my work a lot, actually. I feel like I learned something while looking at stuff I've done in terms of what I'm going to do in the future, mistakes I've made and things at work or what have you. Votes: 2

Who could be more desperate than filmmakers? Votes: 0

We are not documentarians, we are filmmakers. Votes: 0

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel. Votes: 0

Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers. Votes: 0

We know as filmmakers where you draw the line. Votes: 0

The filmmakers always have a great level of control. Votes: 0

France has given us the best filmmakers and food. Votes: 0

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen. Votes: 0

I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers. Votes: 0

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists. Votes: 0

Writers and filmmakers have this age-old relationship to the material. Votes: 0

Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares. Votes: 0

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work. Votes: 0

Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time. Votes: 0

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. Votes: 0

Nowadays filmmakers tend to recycle the same cliches over and over again. Votes: 0

I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying. Votes: 0

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians. Votes: 0

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original. Votes: 0

The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. Votes: 0

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses. Votes: 0

Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies. Votes: 0

There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated. Votes: 0

The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers. Votes: 0

Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail. Votes: 0

Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored. Votes: 0

The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers. Votes: 0

I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers. Votes: 0

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do? Votes: 0

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook Votes: 0

Some filmmakers go into a film and it's already shot and cut in their head. Votes: 0

All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously. Votes: 0

Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me. Votes: 0

I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. Votes: 0

People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps. Votes: 0

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook. Votes: 0

There will be new and exciting filmmakers to come and movies that will be great successes. Votes: 0

Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work. Votes: 0

Some of the mini-worlds that filmmakers have created are so ingrained in my love of culture. Votes: 0

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted. Votes: 0

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor. Votes: 0

The Danish filmmakers are a unique breed of filmmakers, with the Dogme films and Lars von Trier. Votes: 0

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too. Votes: 0

Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas. Votes: 0

Whole class of filmmakers, they're all graduating to a new level of filmmaking, which I think is awesome. Votes: 0

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance Votes: 0

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies. Votes: 0

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them. Votes: 0

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers. Votes: 0

I love learning from the filmmakers that I'm working with, but more importantly, I love learning from the crew. Votes: 0

In the numbing hands of pretentious filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, history does not repeat itself in any way whatsoever. Votes: 0

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough. Votes: 0

It's my experience that endings are never easy, and I think I'm not alone among filmmakers or writers in this. Votes: 0

While I always thought of making sequels to movies like 'Ghayal,' the filmmakers would almost always veto the idea. Votes: 0

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world. Votes: 0

I also think that filmmakers understand, we don't have to make twenty movies a year, we make four to six. Votes: 0

Post-war filmmakers gave us the documentary, Rob Reiner gave us the mockumentary and Moore initiated a third genre, the crockumentary. Votes: 0

It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there. Votes: 0

'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film. Votes: 0

I'd always wanted to work in television once I found out that they started to hire independent filmmakers to direct. Votes: 0

Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class. Votes: 0

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers. Votes: 0

I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me. Votes: 0

My advice to American filmmakers is to marry a European. I'm not kidding. Otherwise they don't qualify for international co-production treaties. Votes: 0

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. Votes: 0

I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious. Votes: 0

I really enjoy talking to actors or filmmakers that enjoy that process of creating and how they go about doing it. Votes: 0

Music is a very, very powerful tool that filmmakers use to sway people into emotions that they intend you to feel. Votes: 0

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies. Votes: 0

I know how to write. So I am not totally at the mercy of filmmakers, but it's not a bad point. Votes: 0

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. Votes: 0

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too. Votes: 0

Aristotle wrote the 'Poetics' 2,400 years ago. It's really an instruction manual for aspiring filmmakers. It's as valid today as it was then. Votes: 0

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. Votes: 0

Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft. Votes: 0

Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. Votes: 0

A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know. Votes: 0

For all filmmakers: True originality is the key, only direct your own unique movie scripts, be a megalomaniac and not give a damn. Votes: 0

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. Votes: 0

I would give female filmmakers the same advice I'd give any filmmaker; believe in your vision, believe in your team, believe in yourself. Votes: 0

I'm drawn toward filmmakers who have a very distinctive voice. I really appreciate people who push themselves and, therefore, push the medium forward. Votes: 0

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it. Votes: 0

My advice to first time filmmakers is believe in yourself and the message you want to give in the film you are making. Votes: 0

A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, 'Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.' Votes: 0

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that. Votes: 0

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it. Votes: 0

The world needs more women filmmakers, so we have to keep encouraging ourselves and one another, and eventually things must get easier for us. Votes: 0

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go. Votes: 0

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really. Votes: 0

I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on? Votes: 0

There's as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I'd love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold. Votes: 0

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get a chance. Votes: 0

Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's shockingly hard. Votes: 0

I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it. Votes: 0

If filmmakers are ignorant of the past, they laborto re-invent the wheel in every picture. You sit and think, 'Well,we're back to 1903 here.' Votes: 0

You grow up watching certain films or admiring certain filmmakers, and to write a love letter to one and have them validate it, it's extraordinary. Votes: 0

In many points in history films and filmmakers have been banned for political reasons- that's how annoying they can be to oppressing systems, how dangerous. Votes: 0

I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important issue. Votes: 0

The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than skimming the surface. Votes: 0

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that. Votes: 0

This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is going come from. Votes: 0

I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film. Votes: 0

The whole thing of working in collaboration with filmmakers is the thing that I love the most, and possibly the thing I do the best. Votes: 0

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes. Votes: 0

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity. Votes: 0

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials Votes: 0

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker. Votes: 0

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible. Votes: 0

As filmmakers, you're not working on just one project, you're producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to do it by yourself. Votes: 0

I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count them on my fingers. Votes: 0

I think my biggest advice to filmmakers is to look into the many digital platforms that exist for you and your team to distribute your film. Votes: 0

My heroes among filmmakers would be people like Buñuel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread on a lot of toes. Votes: 0

I started studying filmmakers, and I would say early on the ones that really inspired me the most were like the field magicians of music videos. Votes: 0

Pretty much all films I've seen that depict the life of Christ end with the Crucifixion, almost like the filmmakers don't know what to do after. Votes: 0

I think I've always admired sort of dynamic filmmakers, which doesn't shy away from strong expressions. Which might be a little more theatrical at some points. Votes: 0

One hopeful sign that the filmmakers can learn and grow is that the sequel does not contain a single pie, if you know what I mean. Votes: 0

Blu-ray and the technologies emerging around it are the premiere format for reproducing what we do as filmmakers. There's more space on the disc, more bit rate. Votes: 0

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications. Votes: 0

Someone asked me the other day, 'What's the biggest influence on your filmmaking career?' And they started naming filmmakers. I went 'Naw, it's Jesus actually.' Votes: 0

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. Votes: 0

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is. Votes: 0

The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets. Votes: 0

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through. Votes: 0

Each one [movie] is very important to us and from a fiscal responsibility, filmmakers understand that it's highly personal for us and they've been great about it. Votes: 0

As a poet and writer in general I feel very grateful that I can just make a chapbook and that we don't have the expenses of filmmakers. Votes: 0

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms. Votes: 0

The filmmakers I really love are the ones that let me look through their eyes for a while. They have an aesthetic and social point of view. Votes: 0

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production. Votes: 0

In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is a huge misconception. Votes: 0

If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves, but to the audience that we can actually make something scary. Votes: 0

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg. Votes: 0

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor. Votes: 0

Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done. Votes: 0

The great composers I worked with along the way, I always felt they were filmmakers more than composers. They would talk about the story rather than the music. Votes: 0

The most successful filmmakers are not always the most knowledgeable ones. They are the ones who put action to what they learnt. They do, not talk about doing. Votes: 0

As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that have the balls to kind of imagine the unimaginable. Those are kind of the radicals that I identify with. Votes: 0

There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be. Votes: 0

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so. Votes: 0

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film. Votes: 0

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world. Votes: 0

It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands tied behind their backs. Votes: 0

Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters. Votes: 0

When I do encounter young women or aspiring filmmakers who tell me that I've inspired them or that my work means something to them, that's amazing. That's really exciting! Votes: 0

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go. Votes: 0

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing. Votes: 0

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes. Votes: 0

I've always felt really lucky to get to work with really great filmmakers. For me, the whole objective is just to hopefully be of service to what they want. Votes: 0

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. Votes: 0

We need more filmmakers of color telling the story. I'd like to see more filmmakers take their products out independently, put together a good commercial film and distribute it online. Votes: 0

Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.' Votes: 0

It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer. Votes: 0

You are as old as you look. If you are fit and pretty at an X age, why won't filmmakers want to cast you, whether you are married or not? Votes: 0

I think there is a feeling of old Hitchcock in there. There are parts that are tributes to some of the old great horror movies and the old great filmmakers. Votes: 0

I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard. Votes: 0

I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society Votes: 0

The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can. Votes: 0

I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second and third [films] , are dire. Votes: 0

That's the thing about leaks: sometimes they aren't misinterpreted or false. They're real story elements that the filmmakers were hoping to introduce to the audience in a darkened movie theater. Votes: 0

I feel like, on a more macro scale, there's started to be a relationship between filmmakers and people who watch their films - you know, on Twitter and on the Internet. Votes: 0

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process. Votes: 0

I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many of the great filmmakers I loved - were self-taught. Votes: 0

If we have anything to offer, as filmmakers and as TV makers now, it's this ability to feel as close to a documentary as you can get in a narrative form. Votes: 0

It's said that if two documentary filmmakers meet they talk about the world, if two fiction filmmakers meet they talk about the million that they don't have to make their film. Votes: 0

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre. Votes: 0

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans. Votes: 0

I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. Votes: 0

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience. Votes: 0

Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal to spread the Gospel According to Maher. Votes: 0

We have not looked at any particular movies [in creating War Horse], but again, it's hard not to see the similarities between those movies [because of those filmmakers' influence on the industry]. Votes: 0

I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn. Votes: 0

I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current filmmakers von Trier, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai. Votes: 0

For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent. Votes: 0

If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring. Votes: 0

The ABCs of Death offers us a chance to work closely with a large number of visionary filmmakers to create a film with more jaw-dropping moments than a whole summer of blockbusters. Votes: 0

I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn. Votes: 0

I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise. Votes: 0

I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists. Votes: 0

I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet. Votes: 0

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies. Votes: 0

I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right filmmakers, studios have a preconceived notion to pass on NC-17 material. Votes: 0

The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and others. It was just so satisfying Votes: 0

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world. Votes: 0

I go to conventions and universities and talk to young filmmakers and everybody's making a zombie movie! It's because it's easy to get the neighbors to come out, put some ketchup on them. Votes: 0

Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans. Votes: 0

My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much. Votes: 0

It's just occurred to me that some horror films everybody laughs because they're so ridiculous and they're so frightening in a way, the filmmakers' are trying everything, that they just end up being funny. Votes: 0

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars Without stars they cannot work. Votes: 0

I think that it's important for a film that's in 3D that the filmmakers create the movie from a staging and scene planning standpoint with the dimensional space as one of their storytelling components. Votes: 0

It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of really interesting filmmakers and they all approach their job in unique ways. Votes: 0

Our own lives feel so disordered and confusing, so it's amazing to me that the filmmakers caught the personal, emotional high points and low points of my life and not just the public aspects. Votes: 0

A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on TV and on HBO and certainly on home video. Votes: 0

The whole idea of a festival to me is that filmmakers get to interact. You see someone strolling, you get to meet them and tell them you like their work, you admire their story. Votes: 0

I was joking with my mom that all Jewish mothers now will want their kids to be filmmakers instead of doctors. Because you can make one film, and suddenly you're directing a 'Jurassic Park' movie. Votes: 0

I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director. Votes: 0

I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. I always had this very strong love and respect for the American cinema. I always knew that I was going to leave Sweden. Votes: 0

I have a team, the same team of filmmakers I worked with on Pi and Requiem. Which is my cameraman, and my composer, and my producer. We've all worked together for a number of films. Votes: 0

Some filmmakers, you know, have their style and then they kind of go looking for the movie. I'm not like that. I don't have one style that I want to take from movie to movie. Votes: 0

If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there's always a narrative that is very nonlinear - and that's the essence of a good music video. Votes: 0

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this. Votes: 0

I think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things graphically in a way that they haven't been seen in that world before. Votes: 0