Filmmaker Quotes · Page 24

I love reading scripts and offering notes and opinions. I'd like to be an advocate for the emerging filmmakers whom I'm working…

— Barbara Crampton

Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them.

— Pamela Yates

I think that when youre making a story... thats based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research.

— Ryan Coogler

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

— Edward Zwick

Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate…

— Banksy

Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to…

— Michael Moore

I'm a small filmmaker, making my small, low-budget movies, but I'm super lucky to know that everybody reacts differently to my movies.…

— Quentin Dupieux

I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

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

The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator…

— Bruno Dumont

Going from a short to a feature is like going from crawling to flying. It's a big jump, really. Everything triples -…

— Aurora Guerrero

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

It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not…

— Randeep Hooda

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

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

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 know that Madonna is not a first-time filmmaker, but I have worked with a lot of first time filmmakers and I…

— James D'arcy

I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of…

— Steve McQueen

A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the filmmakers. I think that…

— David Fincher

When you take that to the next level of guiding a group of filmmakers to actually depict him, it's even more challenging.…

— Christopher Meledandri

The biggest challenge in making movies, boring but true answer is money - you never have enough, so everything gets bootstrapped to…

— Negin Farsad

Most great filmmakers are good at place. Like how people say, like, "The city itself is a character in the movie," you…

— Miranda July

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

— Curtis Hanson

I had seen "Force Majeure" and I just love that movie so much. And I really wanted to artistically give a little…

— Jill Soloway

As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.

— Denzel Washington

Maybe if audiences all over the world would check out animation from other countries, filmmakers would be more sophisticated and experimental.

— Mark Walton

I also think that filmmakers understand, we don't have to make twenty movies a year, we make four to six.

— Thomas Tull

I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only…

— Bahman Ghobadi

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

— Darren Aronofsky

I'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place.

— Simon Beaufoy

If a filmmaker and I don't get along, it's four weeks of your life, so, whatever. With TV, it's six years.

— Marc Blucas

I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se.

— Curtis Hanson

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

— Joel Edgerton

I'm a filmmaker and I intend to continue making films of all kinds, in any manner, shape, or form - short or…

— Saul Bass

I understood the importance of doing an Aaron Sorkin film. He's a political filmmaker.

— Jessica Chastain

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

— Atom Egoyan

I love learning from the filmmakers that I'm working with, but more importantly, I love learning from the crew.

— Logan Lerman

As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that have the balls to kind of imagine the unimaginable. Those are kind of…

— Zoe Saldana

Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's…

— Leslye Headland

I Don't Try to Guess What a Million People Will Like. It's Hard Enough to Know What I Like.

— John Huston