Filmmaking Quotes · Page 8

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

— Roger Ebert

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

— Derek Magyar

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I don't think I have too many filmmaking years left since I hurt my spine and knee.

— Aparna Sen

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

— Hugh Grant

The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

— Louis Leterrier

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

— Gena Rowlands

Many people who have watched 'Pieta' have said my filmmaking has become more objective.

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Taylor Sheridan

The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm peripheral in Colab's history because others were involved in media, filmmaking, and music, and I was always a studio artist.

— Kiki Smith

The influence of Steven Spielberg to my career is unquantifiable. Every day on the set with him is a master class in…

— Caroline Goodall

I've always been an angel. Sometimes I transform into a witch only because the filmmaking demands it.

— Lina Wertmuller

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

— Julia Leigh

I think my passion for cinema really started when I was on the set of 'Mud' and my third film 'Joe.' That's…

— Tye Sheridan

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone…

— Zoe Cassavetes

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

I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive…

— Debra Granik

A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my relationships…

— Tilda Swinton

Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review…

— Brian Cox

I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked.…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and…

— Anna Kendrick

“If you can film an idea in your mind, follow that film idea shot for shot, scene for scene and enjoy it,…

— Craig Mapp

I think the power of the short film is incredibly underrated. It is way easier to get someone to watch a 15-minute…

— Nicholas Ozeki

Narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like…

— George Hickenlooper

When we make films - even 2D films - you're always trying to create this illusion of 3D, anyway. You're trying to…

— Rob Minkoff

It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Filmmaking materials are in the hands of more people now than ever before. I would like to think that the more people…

— Murray Horwitz

When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was…

— Andrea Arnold

“Or take this girl, for example. At a meeting just outside Paris, a fifteen-year-old girl came up to me and said that…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between…

— Mano Khalil

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

— Nicolas Cage

Growing up in the digital age of filmmaking, I'm as guilty as anyone of overshooting.

— Matthew Heineman

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

— Robert Altman

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

— Greg Kinnear

This is such a cliche, but I feel like filmmaking is a collaborative experience.

— Steve Antin

I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form.

— Herschell Gordon Lewis

You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.

— Jafar Panahi

“Without art, a film is pure wastage of time and resources.”

— Abhijit Naskar