I love a good harsh horror movie, when it's done well. But there are times when it feels cynical. You can tell… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Leni Riefenstahl was the one person Goebbels had no control over in the filmmaking community of Nazi Germany, and they despised each… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
I have a few filmmaker friends who are known for shooting super-fast, and they say that you don't have the time to… — Wes Ball Copy Share Image
When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
What's great about the Sundance Film Festival is the festival takes over that town as it's intended to do. But, it's very… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do with actors is collaborate with them. My job is to inspire them to give their best.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I'm a reader. I like - I'm a great reader. I keep going back, though, to certain authors, just like I love… — David Small Copy Share Image
I did my friend's film - this guy Harrison Atkins who's a great filmmaker. He just makes movies with all his friends,… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking… — Shane Meadows Copy Share Image
Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I thought The Big Short deserved a nomination because Adam MacKay is one of the best filmmakers. A lot of what he… — Bun B Copy Share Image
It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the… — Jonathan Adelstein Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where… — Mark Romanek Copy Share Image
I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and… — Fahadh Faasil Copy Share Image
I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I became interested in film as a viewer when I was a teenager. I would spend entire afternoons in an arthouse theater… — Omar Zuniga Copy Share Image
I was both charmed and moved by Midday with Buuel, Mexican filmmaker and writer Claudio Isaac's personal and very poetic recollection of… — C. M. Mayo Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I wish we didn't have to do trailers at all, quite honestly. I wish we didn't have to do… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right… — Steve Tisch Copy Share Image
Every time I get criticism from people, I learn from it and what to do the next time so there are fewer… — Anna Biller Copy Share Image
It wouldn't have existed without France, and it's a French initiative. As a filmmaker, I owe everything to France - I got… — Deniz Gamze Erguven Copy Share Image
There's no Marvel list. As a filmmaker, you are not only encouraged, but you are really supported to let your voice shine… — Kari Skogland Copy Share Image
The filmmakers are very much in their own kind of bubble. It was kind of a revelation to me and I realized… — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
You have to really be able to trust the director. It's about the filmmaker and whether or not I'm going to be… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I don't like to talk about messages so much with films simply because it's a little more didactic. The reason I'm a… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Any filmmaker, big directors, and I'm not dropping any names - I actually have couple names I want to say, but I… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
It's tricky to ask a filmmaker to explain his own work; usually we're the least qualified to make sense of what we've… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
I find that I don't lie about the big things in life. The things that matter. And about me. While I'm talking… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
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