As I became a filmmaker and realized that I had a voice, who better to speak for than kids that are bullied?… — Lee Hirsch Copy Share Image
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If… — Peter Farrelly Copy Share Image
God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also personal friends… — Marques Houston Copy Share Image
I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor,… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work.… — Werner Herzog 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 think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things… — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my… — Abderrahmane Sissako Copy Share Image
I think religious movies are more of a subset of the broader historical trend, and also the fact that there is more… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Going from a short to a feature is like going from crawling to flying. It's a big jump, really. Everything triples -… — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
There's obviously something that feels very good about being with a new filmmaker who's very excited, but I also think there's something… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
It's interesting for myself, growing up as an Asian-American filmmaker. Coming into the industry, my parents always said, "No one's going to… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
What I love about the filmmakers that I mentioned [Danny Boyle,Leo Carax], is that it's visual but it's also, you see that… — Fredrik Bond Copy Share Image
F For Fake is a talentless concoction of unparalleled ineptitude... It would have been a more generous gesture to show a retrospective… — Rex Reed Copy Share Image
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a filmmaker, so my parents helped me by encouraging me to save my allowance. So I bought my… — Zal Batmanglij 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
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've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
We talked to a lot of filmmakers who had worked on other anthologies and we looked at every anthology, and we wanted… — Mike Mendez Copy Share Image
When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I… — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
Rob Zombie is such a filmmaker. He's so completely different from anyone else that I've ever worked with. He's so confident and… — Danielle Harris Copy Share Image
You get to actually make your movie. As a filmmaker, that's the dream. That's why you get up in the morning, to… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
I moonlighted during a two-week vacation, doing a month's worth of work in two weeks; it almost killed me, but I wanted… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
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What am I doing as a filmmaker? What is the goal? To look for the unknown atmosphere that hasn't been described before.… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
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We have not looked at any particular movies [in creating War Horse], but again, it's hard not to see the similarities between… — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw… — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the… — Lorenzo di Bonaventura Copy Share Image
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