I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'm a firm believer in the next generation of filmmakers. It's very important to keep things fresh, new, current. They have… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
I want viewers want to talk about The Conquest. I want the dialogue to start after the movie. The cinema is there… — Xavier Durringer Copy Share Image
Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Anger, stress, tension, depression, sorrow, hate, fear - these things start to retreat. And for a filmmaker, having this negativity lift away… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
When filmmakers are kept from making films, there's a lot of different reasons why. Sometimes you work on a film and cast… — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
New media has made it possible for filmmakers like me to get their message out. No big Hollywood studios are needed anymore… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
'Meek's Cutoff' by Kelly Reichardt - it's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch… — Chloe Zhao Copy Share Image
I moved out to L.A. to be a filmmaker or director. I didn't even think about doing comedy or even acting. I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
Audiences crave something they've never seen before. That's what they want. They want to be dazzled. They want to go in either… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker what you can hope to do is doing what drives you. — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work. — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about. — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker. — Ryan Phillippe Copy Share Image
No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
There will always be competition, especially in showbiz. There's always someone younger and hungrier standing behind you; there's always someone with more… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
I do some freelance web design stuff. I taught a directing class for this not-for-profit organization here in Chicago a couple months… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that… — Marion Vernoux Copy Share Image
America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
It's tricky to ask a filmmaker to explain his own work; usually we're the least qualified to make sense of what we've… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
Susanne Bier's work I've always really enjoyed. She's just such a great filmmaker; she's very cool and very sexy - that always… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image