Filmmaker Quotes · Page 28

I chose to tell a personal story. When you tell a movie like this that's as emotionally charged as this is, it's…

— Christian Bale

I have a team, the same team of filmmakers I worked with on 'Pi' and 'Requiem'. Which is my cameraman, and my…

— Darren Aronofsky

You don't have to be musician to listen to music, and you don't have to be a filmmaker to go to the…

— Dallas Campbell

I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and…

— Chris Hegedus

John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone - those guys are consummate filmmakers. They believe that you don't talk it,…

— George Hamilton

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

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

— David Lynch

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

— Dan Deacon

I'm really passionate about the song Sky Spills Over. It was fun creating it in the studio and I've been overwhelmed at…

— Michael W. Smith

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea and I can pretty much…

— Mike Patton

When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call…

— Roger Corman

I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a…

— Dermot Mulroney

I usually try to connect with young filmmakers over the phone so I can hear them and just pick their brain as…

— Tamlyn Tomita

I never heard Coen brothers get defensive, ever. You get with these filmmakers doing the hardest work in the world, and they're…

— Beth Grant

Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky,…

— Elizabeth Reaser

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

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

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

— Drake Doremus

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

My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met…

— Doug Liman

I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times,…

— Spike Lee

Chris Marker has a brilliant mind and heart and appetite for life, and it's a privilege to travel with him to whatever…

— Susan Sontag

For city dwellers like me who don't get to vacation in the summer, no filmmaker can so effectively make you feel like…

— Jake Paltrow

America is a magical place, and I think my job, or the job of a lot of us European filmmakers is to…

— Hans Zimmer

I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that…

— Peter Mullan

So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to…

— Ira Sachs

Hindsight is the most dangerous thing imaginable for me. I imagine that's the case for most filmmakers. And I would love to…

— David Lowery

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

It's always better to work with a good filmmaker. It makes a lot of difference with the presentation of the film, which…

— Pulkit Samrat

Each one [movie] is very important to us and from a fiscal responsibility, filmmakers understand that it's highly personal for us and…

— Thomas Tull

“Oscar may be the world’s most glorious way of honoring your work, but the real award for a filmmaker is the contentment…

— Abhijit Naskar

“ But what else can that hypothetical actor-filmmaker do? How does he find meaningful human connection in a world of people who…

— Catherine Lacey

I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for…

— Steven Caple Jr

As I have been paving my career as a filmmaker my parents have been there for me every step of the way.…

— Aurora Guerrero

I just trust the director and never overanalyse the script, screenplay, etc. You are just taking a bet at the end of…

— Ravi Teja

There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films…

— Chika Anadu

In Austin, you work in anything that will pay and a lot of things that don't. The documentary filmmaker may also be…

— Keith Maitland

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when…

— Agnes Varda

I'm not sure I would want to be a filmmaker, because I've seen how many people they have to go through in…

— Lucas Hedges