Filmmaker Quotes · Page 27

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

I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers.

— Win Butler

I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a…

— Kathryn Bigelow

I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying.

— Sarah Silverman

I get to work with incredibly talented young filmmakers and students, and their attitudes and relationship with film is still so pure.…

— James Franco

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.

— Stanley Kubrick

I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about…

— Jay Roach

The more we can be honest about ourselves as filmmakers, than the more we can be honest with people who see the…

— Morgan Spurlock

As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.

— Ti West

I don't want to be one of these filmmakers that hit you over the head with my agenda or my opinion. I…

— Ric Roman Waugh

I think that until a filmmaker knows that about him- or herself, the films they make will just be copies of other…

— Megan Griffiths

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

— Alex Gibney

I love the studio system. Love that studio system and all their money. They're great; I think they're fabulous . You know,…

— Katie Aselton

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the…

— Edward Zwick

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.

— Sam Raimi

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get…

— Danny Boyle

I do think Australians as a rule have a very good sensibility to them, and I think most people, if they were…

— John Polson

As a filmmaker, you look for a story, and the story has to have conflict and a match of opposites.

— Frederic Tcheng

What I always tell people is... Unless you are so passionate about filmmaking that you would rather live out of your car…

— Ryan Connolly

A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember…

— Nicholas Ozeki

I remember reading about police arresting this filmmaker making this freaky movie and his name was John Waters. And I was like,…

— James Wolcott

I love a good harsh horror movie, when it's done well. But there are times when it feels cynical. You can tell…

— Drew Goddard

People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.

— Bill Plympton

A filmmaker has to have faith in talent.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The story of The Doors is one of the most compelling in the history of American rock music; three hugely talented musicians…

— Tom DiCillo