I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is…

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

— Anonymous

Alternate between short films, long form films, with or without stars, small budget or big budget films. Basically a filmmaker needs to be flexible.

— Marion Vernoux

Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you…

— Cameron Crowe

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

— Tom Hooper

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.

— Adam Wingard

As a filmmaker, you take reality and you tell a story from it.

— Hany Abu-Assad

I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public…

— Woody Allen

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands…

— Otto Schily

Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more…

— Danny Strong

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.

— James Mangold

What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go…

— Lawrence Bender

I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there…

— Susanne Bier

I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.…

— Ben Gazzara

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

— Wong Kar-wai

I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration…

— Toby Jones