I had played sports all my life, and I thought that was going to be the way. But I saw where the… — Jason Wiles Copy Share Image
I don't try to make a place in history at all! People put me in the history of cinema because my first… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for… — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
The main reason why I'm a documentary filmmaker is the power of the medium. The most powerful films I've seen have been… — Richard Ray Perez Copy Share Image
My job is, I'm a photographer. I'm something of a filmmaker. And primarily, I'm an adventurer. My job is to help people… — Sebastian Copeland Copy Share Image
I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
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The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I'd like to make mistakes on my own dime, and not have a herd of people tell me what I'm doing wrong.… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
We were just trying to make the films that we could get made, and to push the envelope. We didn't realize how… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
All any filmmaker can do is focus on creating something that has depth and resonance, and then do whatever possible to get… — Megan Griffiths Copy Share Image
My dad's a filmmaker, and my mom's an actress. She was the original understudy, actually, for Harper in 'Angels in America' and… — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
I never acted in anything I've directed but I have produced a number of films and I have acted in some of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I started to do theater when I was a little boy at school, and then, I think because my father was a… — Daniel Bruhl Copy Share Image
It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
If I want to keep making films for a few more years, I probably should be willing to adapt. I've sort of… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
What I have learned first and foremost is to follow your instincts. As a filmmaker, there are no rules as to how… — Brad Furman Copy Share Image
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The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
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My worst nightmare was, sometimes you go to Sundance and there's a female filmmaker and they're like, 'It's been 12 years since… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there.… — Alex Stapleton Copy Share Image
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An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
You know, my dad wasn't a photographer or filmmaker by profession, but on Sundays, he would take pictures of me and my… — Bruce Weber Copy Share Image
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Among close friends and family members, I say whatever I want to. But, as a filmmaker, I have my responsibilities, and I… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
When my film went to the Venice Film Festival and won the best script writing, the jury [prize], it didn't go to… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
Usually I like to make my movies from start to finish in chronological order. As a filmmaker it lets me be able… — Paul Walker Copy Share Image
Now there's a whole generation of filmmakers who grew up making their own films with video cameras, and have dined entirely on… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
Some filmmakers, you know, have their style and then they kind of go looking for the movie. I'm not like that. I… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
So you know, as a filmmaker you have to get it all right in the writing stage. After that, one has to… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
In England, there's a lot of people producing their own work and becoming producers and filmmakers, so they're not constantly waiting around.… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I find that it's a very odd thing to think of competition when you're talking about what I still think of as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
To pretend like Hollywood is anything other than that is disingenuous. #OscarsSoWhite is trendy, but for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color,… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
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