I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
[John] Hughes is a great loss, I think. He was the first filmmaker that could look at someone who was young without… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me. — Jacques Rivette Copy Share Image
I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anymore. We are… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the filmmakers. I think that… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate… — Banksy Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you want your work seen by the widest audience possible. — Gren Wells Copy Share Image
It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make films about scenes other filmmakers would leave out, so I just make the film out of all the things… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little… — Rania Attieh Copy Share Image
And what more could I possibly ask as an artist than that your most precious visions, however rare, assume sometimes the forms… — Maya Deren Copy Share Image
In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues.… — Esra Saydam Copy Share Image
There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Lars von Trier is very, very, very clever about women. He gives the woman a space that I don't know any filmmaker… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Good filmmakers actually are people who have lived life, who have something to say, who have stories to tell. People who fall,… — Juliet Asante Copy Share Image
I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' I've made a number of pictures in… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was… — Andrea Arnold Copy Share Image