Short films Quotes · Page 2

Right at the beginning of my career, I did a couple of short films which were based on a social cause.

— Arjun Mathur

When I was making short films, I didn't see a way to give them a wider reach or earn revenue out of…

— Karthik Subbaraj

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

— Brett Ratner

There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.

— David Lynch

There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

— Felicity Jones

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I miss the videos that are short films, back when MTV played videos all day.

— Matt Skiba

Im very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.

— Bill Plympton

I find that as long as I'm acting it doesn't matter if it's for TV, or a series or a short film.…

— Jodelle Ferland

I'm not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can't in one breath make a fuss about someone…

— Brandi Carlile

While I was doing the residency in Paris, I found out that I was chosen as one of the five winners of…

— Chika Anadu

I have been trying to get theatre releases for short films ever since I have been making them. I didn't get any…

— Karthik Subbaraj

“Tin Toy went on to win the 1988 Academy Award for animated short films, the first computer-generated film to do so. To…

— Walter Isaacson

Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one…

— Ozwald Boateng

I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.

— Natalia Tena

Digital content is getting very popular especially with the youth in India, hence short films are a great opportunity to tell different…

— Riya Sen

Just the idea that someone is married and they've got a kid, and he reports for work one morning and his boss…

— Steven Knight

I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to…

— Miranda July

I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and…

— David O. Russell

Film maker Andi Olsen has a wonderful short film called Where the Smiling Ends. She waited at the Trevi Fountain in Rome…

— Samantha Hunt

I don't just act to pay my rent. I really like doing it, so I get frustrated when I don't get to…

— Mackenzie Davis

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. So Peter's known that I've…

— Andy Serkis

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I…

— Campbell Scott

My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I…

— Matt Ross

I believe short films are more organic. It's almost like doing theatre. It just takes few takes.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

I did a lot of short films online, so I come from that background where a lot of people see your stuff.

— Ben Schwartz

I think that there's something about short films that just kind of keeps your muscles sharp.

— Karyn Kusama

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film

— Todd Barry

I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.

— Bill Hader

Be it web series, short films, reality shows, what drives and keeps me in the groove is my work.

— Suman Ranganathan

Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.

— Mike Birbiglia

I made a lot of short films before making a feature film. Actually, I learnt film-making by making short films.

— Karthik Subbaraj

My father has been a part of a few short films I made; he played a small but significant role in 'Jigarthanda.'

— Karthik Subbaraj

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

— Anurag Kashyap

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you…

— Dhanush

I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make…

— Jason Reitman

I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various…

— David O. Russell

In India, we always look at feature films as a progression over short films. But, abroad, people make a living making short…

— Karthik Subbaraj

And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in…

— Rick Moranis

Room 10 [a short film she codirected with Andrea Buchanan] nailed my personal theme: love and choosing to stay in the room…

— Jennifer Aniston