Filmmaker Quotes · Page 4

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.

— Mike Leigh

Well, I consider myself as much as a filmmaker as a moviegoer.

— Alexandre Desplat

I came out of 'Che' a different filmmaker.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm very happy to be involved with great filmmakers.

— Josh Brolin

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

— Carter Burwell

It is not easy to be a filmmaker but it has nothing to do with my gender.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

The cinema is an explosion of my love for reality.

— Pier Paolo Pasolini

You need to be a good filmmaker to make a compelling two-minute film as well.

— Karthik Subbaraj

Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas.

— Reginald Hudlin

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to…

— Justin Simien

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

— Adam McKay

We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.

— Mamoru Oshii

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

— Rupert Sanders

So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound.

— Ramin Bahrani

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake…

— Christopher Nolan

To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker.

— Peter Jackson

Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before…

— Martin Scorsese

Millions of filmmakers would love to be in my position right now. If you are honest it makes the world a better…

— Tommy Wiseau

From a completely financial standpoint, digital is starting to crack as far as an independent filmmaker's access to getting your story out…

— Shane Carruth

I consider myself more of a film fan than a filmmaker, or I guess it's kind of a balance, fortunately. But I…

— David Gordon Green

Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream…

— Catherine Hardwicke

When you're young, you sort of have an idea that this is how it's always gonna be as a filmmaker. And then…

— Rick Famuyiwa

[Sundance is] giving people a chance - many first-time filmmakers. It carries that weight - if you bring something here, people connect…

— Elijah Wood

If you're a great documentary filmmaker, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're a great narrative filmmaker. There are fantastic documentary filmmakers that…

— Alexander Skarsgard

Wow, I wish I could have done something like that.” That’s the thing, with other filmmakers, if I like them I just…

— Alfonso Cuaron

It really depends on what the screenplay is asking of you, and what your responsibility is to that character. You have the…

— Johnny Depp

In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself.…

— Bill Ayers

The very first idea I ever had about making a film... my first thought about ever being a filmmaker was when I…

— Mel Gibson

You can probably ask any actor: every time you start a new film, it's literally like your first movie. Everyone, regardless of…

— Fahadh Faasil

Whatever experimental film aromas cloaked my movies were because I'm a gleefully clumsy, primitive filmmaker. I really like traditional pleasingly narrative films,…

— Guy Maddin

I don't see myself as a crusading feminist filmmaker. Not at all. I have the luxury of coming from New Zealand and…

— Niki Caro

We didn't set out to make some polemic about life in the digital age, I can only react emotionally to story ideas.…

— Jonathan Mostow

Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers.

— John McTiernan

Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king.

— John Waters

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

— M. Night Shyamalan

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

— Alex Winter

As a filmmaker it's a dream to make a western.

— Ti West

It was never really my plan to become a filmmaker.

— Taika Waititi

One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

— Andy Wachowski