Filmmaking Quotes · Page 7

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

— Christopher Nolan

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

— Frank Capra

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

— Peter Jackson

“It’s difficult to really like a film that you didn’t like making.”

— Tuesday Weld

Filmmaking is so much about catharsis anyway. It's therapeutic.

— Ari Aster

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

— Steven Spielberg

There are no tangents in filmmaking. Every part of the process informs another.

— Fred Hechinger

But acting is just something I do. It's not a passion like filmmaking is.

— Dileesh Pothan

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of…

— Charles Ferguson

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

— Brendan Fraser

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

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

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

— Amala Akkineni

What I always tell people is... Unless you are so passionate about filmmaking that you would rather live out of your car…

— Ryan Connolly

More and more, you're seeing television shows that are better than 99% of the movies out there. I mean, you watch something…

— Adam Scott

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

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk…

— Miguel Sapochnik

I'm a curious guy. I can't turn away from an investigative story, when it comes to the forensic analysis. I've done 33…

— James Cameron

“Regardless of the subject of my films … I am looking for a way of evoking in audiences feelings similar to my…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

Don't try and change things for other people. Don't try and be persuaded by producers and people to change your vision. If…

— Lynne Ramsay

I've never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

There are two kinds of filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the film is complete in the director's mind) and Coppola's (which thrives on process). For…

— Walter Murch

Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like…

— Eric Balfour

All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you…

— Alexander Payne

I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

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

— Stanley Kubrick

I think filmmaking is a team work and it's a shared responsibility.

— Daisy Shah

The "If you build it, they will come" approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me.

— Nina Jacobson

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

— Neil Jordan

If you're involved in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself.

— Jared Harris

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

— Ruben Fleischer

To make a good film is an art. Gender is irrelevant when it comes to craft of filmmaking.

— Zoya Akhtar

I thought about quitting filmmaking, just because it was becoming so difficult for me.

— Lee Isaac Chung