Filmmaker Quotes · Page 20

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

— Barry Jenkins

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

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

I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts.…

— Takeshi Kitano

I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. I always had this very strong love and respect for…

— Noomi Rapace

I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative.…

— Bill Hader

The word griot...is the word for what I do and the role that the filmmaker has in society...the griot is a messenger…

— Djibril Diop Mambety

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person…

— Dakota Johnson

Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this…

— James Berardinelli

I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably…

— Nicole Holofcener

Like most filmmakers and writers, there are roots in my own life, but they are stories that I invent. There was a…

— Philippe Garrel

In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being…

— Simon Pegg

The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people…

— Renata Adler

It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I…

— Katrina Kaif

It seems like the world is so fast to move its interest to someone else. When I think about filmmakers and actresses…

— Dakota Johnson

We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan [Coogler] showcased in his first two…

— Kevin Feige

I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is…

— Haskell Wexler

Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's…

— John Parish

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

— Feist

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

— Wong Kar-wai

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

— Katie Aselton

Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas.

— Reginald Hudlin

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

— Adam McKay

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to…

— Justin Simien

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

— Mamoru Oshii

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

— Andrea Arnold

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

— Harvey Weinstein

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

With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films,…

— Bruce Conner

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