Filmmaker Quotes · Page 18

As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love,…

— George A. Romero

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

— Spike Lee

I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind…

— David Antin

I'm taking the indie filmmaker's approach to building my career and that approach is developing a relationship with the fans.

— Romany Malco

I think my biggest advice to filmmakers is to look into the many digital platforms that exist for you and your team…

— Aurora Guerrero

When a filmmaker tries to make a good film and if he gets success in that then definitely it's a nice feeling.

— Boney Kapoor

I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the…

— Jim Jarmusch

From the perspective of being a filmmaker, you're just really grateful for festivals. A lot of movies won't even be seen if…

— Kelly Reichardt

This politics is bound to be reflected in the work of a serious filmmaker. When I make a film, I try to…

— Aparna Sen

My earliest memory of actually definitely wanting to be a filmmaker was when I got thrown out of class when I was…

— Gareth Edwards

I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about…

— Jay Roach

I'm a filmmaker; I want to make films. I don't want to sit in a hotel room waiting to make films, and…

— Tobias Lindholm

I look at some of my work and say, "Oh, that's where I can be better." I want to continue to grow…

— Hilary Swank

As a woman filmmaker it's pretty important that you have some basis of confidence that you're coming from, because, as I got…

— Miranda July

I never intended to become a commercial filmmaker in the first place. What I do requires time and experimentation. Commercial work is…

— Marco Brambilla

Well, I mean, the original is certainly the jump-off, it certainly is what it is, you know, I grew up around that…

— Antoine Fuqua

I want to see more young filmmakers, and specifically filmmakers who have a unique voice. I wouldn't mind seeing less of the…

— Andre Holland

I love acting. I think that's the best job in the world, but I don't really enjoy the career of it so…

— David Hayter

Alejandro Amenábar is a very interesting filmmaker. I had really liked The Others, which was a movie he made with Nicole Kidman…

— Ethan Hawke

If you want a film and they don't want you, sometimes you have to go fight for it. Sometimes that ends up…

— Ryan Reynolds

We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones…

— P. J. Soles

[ Blue is the Warmest Color ] was really a film about two people having to go through a relationship which everyone…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I've been exploring a lot of different avenues with a number of very different and very, very exciting filmmakers and writers. That's…

— Dan Stevens

I don't see myself as a crusading feminist filmmaker. Not at all. I have the luxury of coming from New Zealand and…

— Niki Caro

When I was watching 'Sivaji,' I had no clue I will be a filmmaker; I had not even started making short films…

— Karthik Subbaraj

Editing is not merely a method of the junction of separate scenes or pieces, but is a method that controls the 'psychological…

— Vsevolod Pudovkin

When you are a filmmaker, you need to be rooted, because committing yourself to producing or directing a film is a good…

— Kabir Bedi

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start…

— Justin Lin

I tried so hard to be a more avant-garde, less narrative filmmaker, but it just didn't come naturally to me.

— Kelly Reichardt

I want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker.

— Charlie Kaufman

I always have said, you know it's not for me to forgive or to condemn, I'm a filmmaker.

— Joshua Oppenheimer

I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I…

— Errol Morris

Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only…

— Bahman Ghobadi

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning,…

— Mark Boal

My father is an absolute inspiration and such a gifted filmmaker. I have learned and continue to learn so much from him.

— Hrithik Roshan

If you know the filmmaker is good and the leading actor is a movie star like Diane Lane, you know you're part…

— Kevin Connolly

It's always nice to have another filmmaker to reassure you that you are making a good quality film.

— Rana Daggubati

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

— Lena Dunham

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where…

— Zooey Deschanel