The worst thing that could happen to a filmmaker is growing up wanting to be a filmmaker. — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
A movie is just like a work of art or a book or a piece of music. The intent of its maker… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
[Having bigger budget] allowed me to be a full-time filmmaker for a couple months and not have to have a day job… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
By the time you arrive at Sundance as a filmmaker, you've been living with your film intimiately, and scrutinized every frame, and… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody's going to… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
I did my friend's film - this guy Harrison Atkins who's a great filmmaker. He just makes movies with all his friends,… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I find that it's a very odd thing to think of competition when you're talking about what I still think of as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
People start realising that I'm a responsible filmmaker and I'm not going to run away with the budget or do anything stupid.… — David Mackenzie Copy Share Image
Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see. — Alexandre Aja Copy Share Image
I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone… — Joel Siegel Copy Share Image
When I was a young man, my friends and I and all of us in New York were very influenced by French… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Even though it took forever to release a movie, and even though it's a small indie release, the fact that in five… — Bryan Bertino Copy Share Image
We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
One filmmaker makes films that are deep, intellectual, profound and confrontational. And the other one makes purely vacuous, escapist films. I'm not… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Ever since I've become a filmmaker, I'm traveling the world a lot. I feel like I'm a citizen of the world, yet… — Tsai Ming-liang Copy Share Image
For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
The most successful filmmakers are not always the most knowledgeable ones. They are the ones who put action to what they learnt.… — Elliot Grove Copy Share Image
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image