Even if I loved the script, the director has to be right because it's all about the filmmaker. It's their vision. They're… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person… — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative.… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. I always had this very strong love and respect for… — Noomi Rapace Copy Share Image
The word griot...is the word for what I do and the role that the filmmaker has in society...the griot is a messenger… — Djibril Diop Mambety Copy Share Image
I think this is an exciting time to be a female filmmaker. Trust your instincts, work harder than anyone else and learn… — Alex Hammond Copy Share Image
I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts.… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You do sometimes have to work on things where you love the cast and you love the filmmaker, and the role might… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you've got to have a nose for what's going on culturally. You have to feel it. It doesn't have… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
If you have to become a filmmaker, find a story that takes you away, and tell that story. Don't think about whether… — Anne Makepeace Copy Share Image
I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
If I have to mention one filmmaker who has deeply inspired me, and who truly made me want to be free, it… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
There are consequences with age, so you have to evolve. I've loved becoming a filmmaker. But I would love to continue modeling,… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
There are filmmakers like me in different parts of the world that have a story they want to tell, and it's a… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I don't feel competitive with other filmmakers. I think we're all working to the same goal. When I see great craft, I… — Greg Yaitanes Copy Share Image
You're seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief...… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Films can make you dream. They allow you to imagine a different world. It's why I decided to become a filmmaker. I… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able… — Kathryn Bigelow Copy Share Image
It's really interesting for me as a filmmaker to go back and look at the films I've made and see where I… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
I am my own worst critic, and I look at 'Death Sentence' now, and I go, 'Oh wow, I have really come… — James Wan Copy Share Image
Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The world has obviously changed in terms of the way filmmakers and actors and writers often look at their own careers. They… — Mark Canton 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
You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
I like the direct contact. I want a lot of people that only know me through the mass media to learn more… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
Look at the people who are coming to television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee or Guillermo del Toro - all these great filmmakers… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida. It doesn't… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I'm not in the business of saying just one thing about just one place. If you only see Palestine in my films,… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Martin Scorsese is doing a 3D movie (Hugo Cabret). A lot of amazing filmmakers are. Not just the obvious of Jim Cameron,… — Rob Letterman Copy Share Image
I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
