I'm a commercial filmmaker.

I never intended to become a commercial filmmaker in the first place. What I do requires time and experimentation. Commercial work is often not…

— Marco Brambilla

An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'

— Tony Scott

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

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

— Tom Hooper

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

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred…

— Richard Morris

I think bad movies are made around the world, not just in Hollywood. There are as many bad art films in the whole world…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I work without commercial considerations.

— Paul Russo

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

— Tom Petty

“How would you like to star in your very own commercial?" "I'd rather swim in battery acid.”

— Robin Benway

My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop…

— Marina and the Diamonds

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

— Edmund Burke