Filmmaking Quotes · Page 4

I am enjoying the process of filmmaking and I might take up direction as well.

— Atul Kulkarni

“Entertain, but also, give the viewer something to think about.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

— Michael Jai White

Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking.

— David Slade

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

— Lars von Trier

I've picked up so much about the technical aspects of filmmaking and television.

— Benedict Samuel

Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.

— Garth Davis

Almost anything can be justified as a style of filmmaking if it works.

— Doug Liman

If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's…

— William Mapother

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

— Jamie Bell

My faith in my filmmaking changed on the heels of 'Titan.' It allowed me to pursue things that I previously would have…

— Chris Meledandri

'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very…

— Taylor Sheridan

I don't think that any Icelandic filmmaker feels like he belongs to Icelandic filmmaking, because nobody really knows what it is.

— Dagur Kari

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

— Guy Ritchie

“A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with…

— Nicholas Ozeki

You get told a lot in school to tell what you know, write what you know. But what excites me about filmmaking,…

— Anna Boden

Filmmaking these days is so technically advanced. When I started off, we had to wait for two to three months to see…

— Amala Akkineni

Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes…

— Jason Reitman

Some people live, eat and breathe art, and they love acting and filmmaking. I've got other loves. I love animals. I love…

— Kay Panabaker

As much as my primary vocation is that of an actor, if anything, I feel like I am more excited about filmmaking…

— Elijah Wood

I don't really see a huge divide between filmmaking and television. In the end, a lot of people are going to be…

— Cary Fukunaga

Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and…

— Adria Petty

I went to Rwanda with my wife who had been going for the past three summers. She is an art therapist who…

— Lee Isaac Chung

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little…

— Glenn McQuaid

There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and…

— Tilda Swinton

What makes me put pen to paper? You know, that's the million-dollar question. I've been writing since I've been reading. It's not…

— Todd Solondz

John Belushi infused Animal House with this spirit of guerilla filmmaking. John Landis came from that world too, and all the National…

— Tim Matheson

“All film technique, I am convinced (and like many of my theories I am probably alone in adhering to it), originates in…

— William Boyd

To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can…

— Jean Renoir

Once I hit 25, I realized I had to do more than just be an actor. I love acting, but there's something…

— Fisher Stevens

We've kind of grown up in a post-Star Wars era, and what Star Wars did to cinema, in terms of an explosion…

— Simon Pegg

A lot of filmmaking is all about filtering out the bullshit.

— Mark Webber

“If I were a moviemaker I'd set about hunting sunsets.”

— Julio Cortázar

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

— Derek Magyar

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything.

— David Lynch

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

— Henry Selick

I think that filmmaking is very addicting and risky, and it gives you a high, for sure.

— Ryan Fleck

[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

— Lynda Obst

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

— Darren Aronofsky