I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I probably shouldn't do a straight drama. I'd probably ruin it. I don't know. But, I'd love the opportunity to try. I'm… — Steve Pink Copy Share Image
For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives… — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
It's always important to understand as filmmakers that we're not making a documentary and it has to look good. It has to… — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception is that I'm only a documentary filmmaker, but in fact I have made many narrative shorts. My biggest inspirations… — Alex Hammond Copy Share Image
Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was… — Jennifer Phang Copy Share Image
When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Spike Lee made such a difference in terms of black filmmakers, the subtleties - those authors, those writers who write from love,… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
A lot of what I know as a filmmaker is because of hockey. That's teamwork, and being able to collaborate with people,… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I always try not to concern myself with the outcome of things. I make the movie, and I do… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there's always a narrative that… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
When people see the conventions, they think they're going to get the straightforward genre - I don't give them that and they… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
In the Woodstock movie, you see Justin, my son, who is now a filmmaker, being carried off by my wife at the… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
Filmmakers now have the freedom to create the type of movie they want. More screenwriters, directors, and producers now have the chance… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic:… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
To be an actor, you have to be self-obsessed, but when you are a filmmaker, you get a macro view. Every aspect… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
A filmmaker should never assume he's superior to his subject. I often find that even the simplest topic remains an enigma. The… — Damian Pettigrew Copy Share Image
All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing… — Tim Story Copy Share Image
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of… — James McBride Copy Share Image
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much… — Ann Macbeth Copy Share Image
Normally, I tend to be a very binary filmmaker. You give me a problem and a destination and I say, "All right.… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
"Bolshoi Babylon" is the work of filmmakers Mark Franchetti and Nicholas Read. Franchetti has been a Moscow-based journalist for 18 years. He… — Elizabeth Blair Lee Copy Share Image
I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I think I'm really drawn to filmmakers and artists who are kind of pathologically incapable of thinking straightforward about film, and about… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
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