I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
I would give female filmmakers the same advice I’d give any filmmaker; believe in your vision, believe in your team, believe in… — Leanne Pooley Copy Share Image
Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the… — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story. — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
What you choose to do professionally is a reflection of yourself and I take that seriously as an actor. But even as… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005. — Matthew Heineman Copy Share Image
Post-war filmmakers gave us the documentary, Rob Reiner gave us the mockumentary and Moore initiated a third genre, the crockumentary. — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because… — Lee Yoon-ki Copy Share Image
At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the… — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
The world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin. It is just fascinating that Michael Mann has never been… — Victoria Mahoney Copy Share Image
If you're a wildlife filmmaker and you're going out into the field to film animals, especially behavior, it helps to have a… — Mike deGruy Copy Share Image
As people, [my parents were] very colorful, very talkative, passionate, they really loved each other. But that also meant heated, it meant… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action.… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
David Lynch was actually the one who first inspired me to become a filmmaker when I was in high school. His films… — Paul Dalio Copy Share Image
The Republican base is now made up of religious and neoconservative ideologues, and the uneducated white underclass with a token person of… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I even think the commercial element of new American directors is really fertile right now. There are a lot of filmmakers with… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Most Chinese filmmakers grew up watching television; they watched films on television, not in cinemas. The scope of their vision is not… — Gordon Chan Copy Share Image
Ive taken a lot from them as a filmmaker, and Ive learned things from every single filmmaker Ive ever worked with, and… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Fiction tends to spread farther than nonfiction - and as a filmmaker, it's important to be cognizant of not perpetuating the same… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, 'Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original. — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
'Looper' was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmaker. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema. — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move! — Howard Hawks Copy Share Image
I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
One hopeful sign that the filmmakers can learn and grow is that the sequel does not contain a single pie, if you… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I came out of a sort of experimental background, and I didn't ever really expect - or even desire - a career… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think it's important to be a filmmaker first and be able to talk about whatever you want to after that. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
David Ayer is known for being a very serious filmmaker, but he has a very great sense of humor. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
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