I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
When people see the conventions, they think they're going to get the straightforward genre - I don't give them that and they… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives… — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
I probably shouldn't do a straight drama. I'd probably ruin it. I don't know. But, I'd love the opportunity to try. I'm… — Steve Pink Copy Share Image
It's always important to understand as filmmakers that we're not making a documentary and it has to look good. It has to… — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The things and the projects that I want to be a part of are not the ones that I get offered. I… — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
I think I'm really drawn to filmmakers and artists who are kind of pathologically incapable of thinking straightforward about film, and about… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
Since I come from documentary background and my father is a documentary filmmaker, for me the core essence of cinema is it's… — Ivan Tverdovsky Copy Share Image
I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I think everyone's going to really try to keep costs down. The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have… — Eric Fellner Copy Share Image
I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you… — Kate Mara Copy Share Image
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Being a black filmmaker, one of the things I wanted to do with the movie is make sure I told it from… — Deon Taylor Copy Share Image
What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers,… — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
Filmmakers now have the freedom to create the type of movie they want. More screenwriters, directors, and producers now have the chance… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
In the Woodstock movie, you see Justin, my son, who is now a filmmaker, being carried off by my wife at the… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic:… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing… — Tim Story Copy Share Image
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of… — James McBride Copy Share Image
A filmmaker should never assume he's superior to his subject. I often find that even the simplest topic remains an enigma. The… — Damian Pettigrew Copy Share Image
To be an actor, you have to be self-obsessed, but when you are a filmmaker, you get a macro view. Every aspect… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much… — Ann Macbeth Copy Share Image
Normally, I tend to be a very binary filmmaker. You give me a problem and a destination and I say, "All right.… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
"Bolshoi Babylon" is the work of filmmakers Mark Franchetti and Nicholas Read. Franchetti has been a Moscow-based journalist for 18 years. He… — Elizabeth Blair Lee Copy Share Image
When I work with filmmakers today, I'm really an advocate for the women's roles that I see, to make them as layered… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
As a spectator, I have very eclectic taste, whether it's comedies or action or very small, intimate films. And I feel as… — Patrice Leconte Copy Share Image
I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
You can't turn up at college in stilettos and say you're gonna be a filmmaker. In the college, they were teaching me… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
