I have always admired him (Bergman), and I wish I could be an equally good filmmaker as he is, but it will… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
You have to believe in yourself and always strive for the best. Whether that is getting the best actor, the most talented… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I don't have any bone to pick with critics. In fact, if I wasn't a filmmaker I would probably be a film… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
For some reason at Sundance, more than other festivals that I'm aware of, you find filmmakers rushing to screen works that sometimes… — Thom Powers Copy Share Image
I was being generous. Gia Coppola wasn't even a filmmaker at that time, but I asked her to do it, because I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love,… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
Movies become living organisms that graduate from a filmmaker's sphere of influence and pretty much look back and tell you how they… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
A filmmaker chooses an actress keeping the best interest of the film in mind. If he doesn't cast you, it doesn't mean… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
I thought one way to try to hold on to the power was to write the script myself. That way, I could… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I Don't Try to Guess What a Million People Will Like. It's Hard Enough to Know What I Like. — John Huston Copy Share Image
What you hope, what you're trusting the filmmaker to do, is to capture the emotional truth of the situation. — Joe Berlinger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
"Bolshoi Babylon" is the work of filmmakers Mark Franchetti and Nicholas Read. Franchetti has been a Moscow-based journalist for 18 years. He… — Elizabeth Blair Lee Copy Share Image
I don't like filmmakers to tell people how they should react to their movies. I absolutely have favorites, and I have others… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
