Filmmaker Quotes · Page 14

We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.

— Mamoru Oshii

I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.

— Harvey Weinstein

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

— Andrea Arnold

There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.

— Dan Glickman

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

— Damien Chazelle

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes.…

— Sofia Coppola

Life is like a B-picture script. It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd…

— Kirk Douglas

Well I don't think of myself as like a horror or science fiction filmmaker. I just think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Panos Cosmatos

I think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things…

— Rupert Sanders

I think religious movies are more of a subset of the broader historical trend, and also the fact that there is more…

— Dolph Lundgren

I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also personal friends…

— Marques Houston

I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor,…

— Ava DuVernay

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work.…

— Werner Herzog

In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to…

— Peter Greenaway

For me, whether or not a film has some kind of massive budget or is an independent film, or however it's getting…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I've been joking that if Madonna taught us anything, you've got to reinvent yourself. I think it's important as a filmmaker, as…

— Darren Aronofsky

I've been exploring a lot of different avenues with a number of very different and very, very exciting filmmakers and writers. That's…

— Dan Stevens

We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones…

— P. J. Soles

[ Blue is the Warmest Color ] was really a film about two people having to go through a relationship which everyone…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

If you want a film and they don't want you, sometimes you have to go fight for it. Sometimes that ends up…

— Ryan Reynolds

Alejandro Amenábar is a very interesting filmmaker. I had really liked The Others, which was a movie he made with Nicole Kidman…

— Ethan Hawke

Well, he's got a much bigger circus to play with, and he has a lot more financing available, and he has a…

— Michael Madsen

Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists,…

— Vincent Cassel

I think I'm still trying to find my voice as a filmmaker and finding stories to tell.

— Katie Aselton

I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

I am a serious filmmaker, and I see the whole process of filmmaking more as a piece of art.

— Vetrimaaran

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

— Wong Kar-wai

For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend…

— Feist

I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on…

— Ira Sachs

The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by…

— Ramin Bahrani

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

— Ava DuVernay

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

— Tom Hooper

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

— Tim Robbins

'Sunshine' is really an experiment for me to see if I am a filmmaker beyond having my own stories to tell.

— Dexter Fletcher

My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.

— Barry Jenkins

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

— Peter Morgan

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

— Errol Morris

I still go see films for entertainment, and I love them, but for me as a filmmaker, I really want to have…

— Charlie McDowell

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

— Alex Gibney