Filmmaker Quotes · Page 33

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years, and really thought I was going to be…

— Scott Adsit

I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see…

— Michael Moore

We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of…

— Ti West

I'm a theater guy and a filmmaker. So when my community was thrown up in the air by the gas industry, the…

— Josh Fox

What is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's…

— James Gunn

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very…

— John Malkovich

When I get to the movie set, I don't need to have a sort of iron fist that a movie is about…

— Andrew Levitas

The one thing I'm proud of as a filmmaker is that people are entitled not to like my films - that's the…

— McG

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience…

— Amanda Hocking

I loved modeling. I absolutely loved it. I was so happy to get the cover of 'Vogue' - 23 times. I keep…

— Isabella Rossellini

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship…

— Asghar Farhadi

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I…

— Brady Corbet

I never set out to build some behemoth comedy career. My taste in movies is far more eclectic than that so my…

— Shawn Levy

I think every filmmaker makes different choices. I remember in the early days, in some of the early comic book movies, certain…

— Michael Uslan

Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is…

— Sharon Lawrence

I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and…

— Keanu Reeves

One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working…

— Joseph Trapanese

I don't call myself an 'independent filmmaker'. Either a concept works within a studio system or it doesn't. If it does then…

— Andrew Neel

Most, especially the young filmmakers, do not see strength in communal or collective existence. They just think they're going to conquer the…

— Haile Gerima

I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anymore. We are…

— Lynn Shelton

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers…

— John Carpenter

I'm a filmmaker, and I was most influenced by Hitchcock's films. How he could plant such deep enriched characters and then make…

— Paul Haggis

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,…

— Susan Hill

Any filmmaker would want to make something that can still be seen without someone saying, "Ugh that was repulsing, offensive, don't bother…

— Timo Tjahjanto

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries…

— Peter Bart

There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make…

— Kathryn Bigelow

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My…

— Taika Waititi

A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it…

— Alexander Payne

I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical…

— Jihan El-Tahri

Pop music can get inside us and enter our memory bubbles. It provides those true Proustian moments, unlocking sensations, unlocking our imaginations.…

— Todd Haynes

Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material.…

— Jason Statham

I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me…

— James Cameron

Spending time with Mexican-born writer and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, you'd never guess that he's the filmmaker behind a series of movies…

— Elvis Mitchell

Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody's going to…

— Ryan Coogler

I think, as a filmmaker, my style of filmmaking is very well-suited to 3-D anyway, so it's not like I'm having to…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

It's a do-it-yourself kind of era with these pieces and bits of technology called iPhones. You can film your own stuff and…

— Tamlyn Tomita

Quentin [Tarantino] is a filmmaker who really dives into things very seriously and deeply. And when he does interviews, he really wears…

— Simon Kinberg

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production,…

— Ann Macbeth