When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
We need more filmmakers of color telling the story. I'd like to see more filmmakers take their products out independently, put together… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
I'm actually a huge fan of digital as well. I appreciate how that technology opens the doors for filmmakers who never had… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you… — Maya Deren Copy Share Image
When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I also think that filmmakers understand, we don't have to make twenty movies a year, we make four to six. — Thomas Tull Copy Share Image
It is not easy to be a filmmaker but it has nothing to do with my gender. — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
The filmmaker should make it, and then the critic should interpret it, period. If the director goes in there and starts telling… — Joseph M. Kahn Copy Share Image
If you want a film and they don't want you, sometimes you have to go fight for it. Sometimes that ends up… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person… — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
I think that when you're making a story... that's based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research. — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I'm a filmmaker who is known for these ambiguous portraits that tell multiple sides of the story without really telling the audience… — Joe Berlinger Copy Share Image
When the American documentary filmmaker Donn Alan Pennebaker wanted to do a film on Dylan, Dylan asked him what he'd already done,… — Raymond Depardon Copy Share Image
We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan [Coogler] showcased in his first two… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The population suffers from a fear of change, for their conditioning assumes a static identity, and challenging ones belief system, usually results… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
Most Southerners recognize when a story about their own experience feels off-kilter or offensive. But Southerners are also fascinated by the way… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at… — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
As an independent filmmaker, to develop the money and the financing and the structure and the whole process, and then promoting them… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
