Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed…

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

Now there's a whole generation of filmmakers who grew up making their own films with video cameras, and have dined entirely on a diet…

— Simon Pegg

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles…

— Henry Selick

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and…

— Christopher Egan

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

— Tim Robbins

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them…

— Noah Baumbach

For a lot of filmmakers, their first goal is to be successful and make some money. But once people start doing that, the real…

— Robert Osborne

Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to…

— Errol Morris

The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers.

— Peter Morgan

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of…

— Rami Malek

It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work…

— Randeep Hooda

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

— Andrea Arnold

I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to…

— Kate Mara

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really…

— Ayelet Waldman

As a filmmaker, I get compared to people who have no clue how to do anything, but because of some Internet writing, it looks…

— Uwe Boll