Filmmaker Quotes · Page 12

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make…

— George Lucas

I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

I think this is an exciting time to be a female filmmaker. Trust your instincts, work harder than anyone else and learn…

— Alex Hammond

I like doing commentary. As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and…

— Catherine Hardwicke

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha.…

— Om Puri

When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.

— Spike Jonze

As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor…

— Ira Sachs

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

— Andrew Dominik

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.

— Robert Redford

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.

— Antoine Fuqua

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

— Jehane Noujaim

You need to not be able to do anything else, to be in this business. If you have other options, in those…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

I think every filmmaker wants... I don't know about every filmmaker. I certainly want my films to just exist. I want them…

— Jody Hill

I want to be with the man who wants to open a movie studio with me and make films for new, fresh…

— Drew Barrymore

I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in…

— Miguel Syjuco

What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that…

— Quentin Tarantino

A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.

— Karel Reisz

Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest…

— Martin Scorsese

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

— Bradley Cooper

You'll live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to.

— Woody Allen

I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would…

— Nicolas Cage

Horror films are art, it's all make believe. It's great if a filmmaker can try to push boundaries and see how much…

— Tom Six

I've had the chance to work with some really good filmmakers. It's put me in a situation where I've been surrounded by…

— Alicia Vikander

Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.

— Maggie Stiefvater