Filmmaker Quotes · Page 8

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

— Famke Janssen

As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important.

— Mani Ratnam

Writers and filmmakers have this age-old relationship to the material.

— Duncan Roy

I think every filmmaker has his way of working, and I respect that.

— Ali Fazal

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.

— Stanley Kubrick

I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

— Kathryn Bigelow

For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.

— Laura Ziskin

I don't necessarily consider myself a horror filmmaker.

— Ari Aster

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's…

— Adam Wingard

When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.

— Laura Prepon

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of…

— Jeff Bridges

Once, I got a chance to meet filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar. He wanted me to give music for his film but the project…

— Ankit Tiwari

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get…

— Danny Boyle

As a filmmaker, you just make the movie you want to make, and you sort of put your faith in the distributor…

— Brad Anderson

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.

— Woody Allen

For all filmmakers: True originality is the key, only direct your own unique movie scripts, be a megalomaniac and not give a…

— Tom Six

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting…

— Ava DuVernay

'Meek's Cutoff' by Kelly Reichardt - it's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch…

— Chloe Zhao

There are certain filmmakers I'd like to work with that I don't think would take a risk with me, because I could…

— Anonymous

I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for…

— Steven Caple Jr

“ But what else can that hypothetical actor-filmmaker do? How does he find meaningful human connection in a world of people who…

— Catherine Lacey

As I have been paving my career as a filmmaker my parents have been there for me every step of the way.…

— Aurora Guerrero

There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films…

— Chika Anadu

In Austin, you work in anything that will pay and a lot of things that don't. The documentary filmmaker may also be…

— Keith Maitland

I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977,…

— Spike Lee

I think right now is when we need to hear different voices coming out of all parts of the world. You can't…

— Michael Franti

Ever since I've become a filmmaker, I'm traveling the world a lot. I feel like I'm a citizen of the world, yet…

— Tsai Ming-liang

New media has made it possible for filmmakers like me to get their message out. No big Hollywood studios are needed anymore…

— Robert Greenwald

It seems like the world is so fast to move its interest to someone else. When I think about filmmakers and actresses…

— Dakota Johnson

We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan [Coogler] showcased in his first two…

— Kevin Feige

It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I…

— Katrina Kaif

The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people…

— Renata Adler

I had had no aspirations to be a filmmaker or a writer.

— Jonathan Demme

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

— Isabella Rossellini

A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

— Walter Salles

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

— Ava DuVernay

Use your freedom to experiment with visual ideas.

— Maya Deren

Better a street-sweeper in Mexico than a filmmaker in Germany!

— Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The wide screen reminds me of a roll of toilet paper.

— Yasujiro Ozu

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

— Frances McDormand