My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I started filmmaking when I started surfing, so the two things have been with me since I was 12 years old, so… — Taylor Steele Copy Share Image
I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
When you are scripting, the scene, the dialogues, everything comes before you, taking final shape. That is truly the most creative aspect… — Balachandra Menon Copy Share Image
As the world of independent feature filmmaking became increasingly commercialized by the mid-1990s, there was also a parallel, much more positive development:… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with.… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to… — Jordan Ladd Copy Share Image
A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
I think filmmaking is a strange animal because it's anti-Democratic and collective at the same time, but I think it's all about… — Niels Arden Oplev Copy Share Image
I think after everything in the whole process of filmmaking, temp scores are great if you use them for what they're good… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing.' There is a thing in the book that I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time.… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
It was seventh grade or something like that when we started falling in love with stuff like Sam Raimi and Wes Craven… — Ross Duffer Copy Share Image
Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
But I kind of reframed my thinking, where I don't feel like filmmaking is what defines me anymore. Like, I feel like… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
When it comes to filmmaking - India or abroad, there are two approaches. First, when the director knows what he's making. Second,… — Shriya Saran Copy Share Image
No 'mise en scène' has the right to be repeated, just as no two personalities are ever the same. As soon as… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
I started doing non-surf stuff like commercials, short films, and music videos and just started expanding my filmmaking that way. I started… — Taylor Steele Copy Share Image
I got a sneak peek into the functioning of the film industries of the south through Telugu cinema. This industry has helped… — Tridha Choudhury Copy Share Image
I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I just like the process of taking something written on a sheet of paper and giving it life and shape. I like… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Often in films, you have no idea where you're going to be six months from now. And I grew very weary of… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Sometimes the theme of the film is something that comes down to the way you designed the film - that you're saying… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I… — Barbara Kopple Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping.… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the difference between independent filmmaking and studio filmmaking because all the studios have these little… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Also expressionistic filmmaking - making the audience feel like they were inside the characters' heads. And so we create all these different… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can't look to one person - you couldn't look to me, you… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
