Filmmaker Quotes · Page 16

If filmmakers are ignorant of the past, they laborto re-invent the wheel in every picture. You sit and think, 'Well,we're back to…

— Peter Bogdanovich

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

— Donnie Wahlberg

My working style is democratic and I want people to be honest with me. Reputation makes everyone agree with your point, which…

— Sriram Raghavan

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians.

— Costa-Gavras

I don’t want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies, and I don’t want to be the one not to know…

— Quentin Tarantino

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do?

— Eva Marie Saint

My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.”

— Mahesh Bhatt

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

— Robert Wise

In pre-school, I was drawing dinosaurs - I was huge into dinosaurs. I wanted to be a paleontologist, not a cartoonist or…

— Jhonen Vasquez

From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really…

— Robert Zemeckis

I've had a lot of fun watching my husband's wonderful career as a filmmaker unfold and all the interesting places we've been…

— Susanna Hoffs

This politics is bound to be reflected in the work of a serious filmmaker. When I make a film, I try to…

— Aparna Sen

My earliest memory of actually definitely wanting to be a filmmaker was when I got thrown out of class when I was…

— Gareth Edwards

I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about…

— Jay Roach

As a woman filmmaker it's pretty important that you have some basis of confidence that you're coming from, because, as I got…

— Miranda July

I never intended to become a commercial filmmaker in the first place. What I do requires time and experimentation. Commercial work is…

— Marco Brambilla

It has a lot to do with just sort of trust in the relationship that builds between the filmmaker and the subject.…

— Liz Garbus

A lot of what I know as a filmmaker is because of hockey. That's teamwork, and being able to collaborate with people,…

— Gabe Polsky

When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's…

— Ang Lee

I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris…

— Abdellah Taia

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 would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people…

— Mick Jagger

I want to see more young filmmakers, and specifically filmmakers who have a unique voice. I wouldn't mind seeing less of the…

— Andre Holland

I love acting. I think that's the best job in the world, but I don't really enjoy the career of it so…

— David Hayter

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my…

— David Dobkin

A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there…

— John Huston

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the…

— Barry Jenkins

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for…

— Denzel Washington

This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is…

— John Lasseter

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and…

— Darren Aronofsky

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

— Mani Ratnam

Every filmmaker has a family to feed. They have children whose college fees need to be paid.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I'm a filmmaker. I'm an artist. I've chosen to work in history the way someone might choose to work in still lifes…

— Ken Burns

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to…

— Jodie Foster

My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations.

— Jamie Wyeth

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.

— James Mangold

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.

— Bill Paxton

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

— Andrew Dominik

No matter how big or new they are, I always look for the intention of the filmmaker first. Their intention has to…

— Parvathy

I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.

— M.I.A