Filmmaker Quotes · Page 9

You can always tell who went to catholic school, because they're atheists.

— Mike Birbiglia

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.

— Robert Redford

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

— Yasujiro Ozu

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

— Frances McDormand

(When asked what a director does) I help.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times.

— Michael Moore

The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.

— Stanley Tucci

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

— Quentin Tarantino

Fiction tends to spread farther than nonfiction - and as a filmmaker, it's important to be cognizant of not perpetuating the same…

— Nia DaCosta

As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.

— Chika Anadu

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with…

— Ridley Scott

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch…

— Darren Aronofsky

I'd always wanted to work in television once I found out that they started to hire independent filmmakers to direct.

— Lynn Shelton

I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.

— Anna Deavere Smith

You grow up watching certain films or admiring certain filmmakers, and to write a love letter to one and have them validate…

— Simon Pegg

A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot…

— David Lynch

We're a family operation. There's not many of us. We have a couple people who come from time to time who work…

— D. A. Pennebaker

Anger, stress, tension, depression, sorrow, hate, fear - these things start to retreat. And for a filmmaker, having this negativity lift away…

— David Lynch

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you…

— Melissa Rosenberg

Australians just don't see that many Australian films, but it's also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies…

— Georgina Haig

I wanted people to know that I'm not just a guy who does weird videos on the Internet. I actually am a…

— Shane Dawson

The concept of even having fans is still kind of weird to me. I really just feel like a filmmaker that is…

— Neill Blomkamp

Over the course of my career, I've had the great fortune of working with some incredible filmmakers who have protected me and…

— George Clooney

It's exciting to try to do something in a totally different way - to bring out something totally different in me as…

— Drake Doremus

It really depends on what the screenplay is asking of you, and what your responsibility is to that character. You have the…

— Johnny Depp

There's no reason not to employ, seek out and take a chance on a woman filmmaker that you might not have been…

— Ava DuVernay

Wow, I wish I could have done something like that.” That’s the thing, with other filmmakers, if I like them I just…

— Alfonso Cuaron

The starting point and the ending point are nothing but two arbitrary choices. You make them as in soccer games, where they…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is…

— Haskell Wexler

Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's…

— John Parish

It seems like the world is so fast to move its interest to someone else. When I think about filmmakers and actresses…

— Dakota Johnson

We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan [Coogler] showcased in his first two…

— Kevin Feige

Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance.

— Shirin Neshat

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

— Kevin Smith

As a filmmaker, "no" is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way.

— Taylor Hackford

You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

— Ralph Bakshi

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

— Spike Lee

We are not documentarians, we are filmmakers.

— Michael Moore

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

— Lasse Hallstrom

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

— Dennis Hopper