Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what…

If it feels like you're aiming for something too familiar, and you're not having a primary new experience, then what's the point of making…

— Jeff Baena

Every movie that I do, I always try and better myself in the next one and try and find a part which is more…

— Priyanka Chopra

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

— Anushka Sharma

I don't have an inflated sense of what a movie can do. But you can at least try not to put something out there…

— Anna Boden

With every movie, I try to do something different, whether it's action, comedy or drama.

— Andrew Lau

I just go from one movie to the next and try not to get fired.

— James Newton Howard

I feel like at the end of your days, the last thing that's going to happen is that you're going to watch the movie…

— Mod Sun

It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

— Jennifer Coolidge

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

— Charles Ferguson

It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with,…

— Todd Haynes

Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I never set out to make a movie that was everything to everybody; if that were the case, we could all just take a…

— Shane Carruth

Being on set is a hard thing. A lot of people are like, 'Oh, you get to make a movie, and it's all fun.'…

— Jill Scott

No one will ever make your movie. They will only make their movie.

— Millard Kaufman