I understand when there's no money for the arts in the government, but it should maybe pressure private companies to support more… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I'm a film director. Gay is an adjective that I certainly am, but I don't know that it's my first one. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Why would anyone want to be famous, certainly not me. My only goal in an acting career is to be able to… — Tim Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm not an activist. I'm a filmmaker. I'm a dramatist. My strength is to tell a story, to find a way to… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I've had the chance to work with some really good filmmakers. It's put me in a situation where I've been surrounded by… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
When I was a young man, my friends and I and all of us in New York were very influenced by French… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I try to communicate with the musicians the way I communicate with the filmmakers. I'm not going to say to them, can… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Artists tend to be people of strong character and opinion. Often they are dismissed in our culture if they don't fit a… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I looked to many, many filmmakers. I was influenced by the Neo-Realists, and by the Cuban, and the Latin American cinema, the… — Lourdes Portillo Copy Share Image
One of the things about Derek Jarman was that he was a painter who worked alone when he painted, but I firmly… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'. Having said that, we are all many things -… — Chika Anadu Copy Share Image
As filmmakers, we want the audience to have the most complete experience they can. For example, I interviewed Stanley Kubrick years ago… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
Movies become living organisms that graduate from a filmmaker's sphere of influence and pretty much look back and tell you how they… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really… — Shane Meadows Copy Share Image
'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
There are certain filmmakers I'd like to work with that I don't think would take a risk with me, because I could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Meek's Cutoff' by Kelly Reichardt - it's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch… — Chloe Zhao Copy Share Image
In a way, I managed to get the deepest things, the best things out of people. That's why I'm a filmmaker. If… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
One of our film lecturers, one of the guys teaching the course, said to the departing film class, 'No one in this… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
I think certain filmmakers going into Sundance or other big festivals should consider screening more for press and tastemakers before the festival.… — Thom Powers Copy Share Image
For me, as a documentary filmmaker, I'm interested in telling stories of real people whose experiences tell us something about ourselves or… — Kristi Jacobson Copy Share Image
It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
As an independent filmmaker, to develop the money and the financing and the structure and the whole process, and then promoting them… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly.… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a weird creature... I'm self taught and went to a regular film school, not art school, and I… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
I'm a fetish filmmaker, in that I don't know why I do what I do, I just like to see things. When… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Sometimes I go to the cinema and I see a movie where the directors or the filmmakers are telling me what to… — Pablo Larrain Copy Share Image
I think any filmmaker looks back and thinks, 'Boy, if we only had four hours more on that day when the sun… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
