Filmmaker Quotes · Page 43

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

— John Milius

I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared…

— Curtis Hanson

The wide screen reminds me of a roll of toilet paper.

— Yasujiro Ozu

I often envy a filmmaker or a playwright or an author where people are like, "Yeah, I sat down every night and…

— Dan Deacon

To pretend like Hollywood is anything other than that is disingenuous. #OscarsSoWhite is trendy, but for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color,…

— Ava DuVernay

For all filmmakers: True originality is the key, only direct your own unique movie scripts, be a megalomaniac and not give a…

— Tom Six

I think drawing is really the basis of all art, even sculpture, film. The greatest filmmakers have always been able to at…

— David Small

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.

— Wesley Snipes

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a…

— Michael Pitt

I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people…

— Mick Jagger

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

I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when…

— Jennifer Westfeldt

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

I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at…

— Spike Lee

I'm very pragmatic in that I know there are very few greats in anything. I got lucky just to have gotten two…

— Malcolm McDowell

What you choose to do professionally is a reflection of yourself and I take that seriously as an actor. But even as…

— Logan Lerman

Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After…

— Laura Ingraham

I understand the angst of a filmmaker.

— Gautham Menon

I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably…

— Nicole Holofcener

In Hitchcock's movies you can see the storyboards and that's cool. It's nice to see a filmmaker be that prepared. Most filmmakers…

— Bruce Campbell

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined…

— Naomi Watts

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.

— Benicio Del Toro

When I was a teenager, I thought maybe I'll be a filmmaker, making film documentaries. My dream when I was a girl…

— Isabella Rossellini

I tried to take advantage of the fact that I was not used to making a movie. Movies are still so new…

— Joann Sfar