Filmmaker Quotes · Page 6

I'm basically a fairly traditional filmmaker.

— George A. Romero

I do not want myself to be restricted to a pigeonholed kind of filmmaker.

— Mahesh Bhatt

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

— Derek Magyar

I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.

— Quentin Tarantino

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

— Edward Burns

I've always seen myself as a global filmmaker.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

People have forgotten how to tell a story.

— Steven Spielberg

I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way.

— Rob Marshall

I, too, started off as a short filmmaker - though none of them have been screened, it served as a practice session…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I…

— David Mackenzie

As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.

— Ridley Scott

If I hadn't met Scorsese, I would never have become a filmmaker. He has taught me everything I know about editing and…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

— Francois Truffaut

If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being…

— M. Night Shyamalan

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just…

— Jason Reitman

Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life…

— Anonymous

Along the way, a lot of filmmakers get rid of things that are messy or don't fit in some ways. To me,…

— Robert Greene

Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart…

— Peter Guber

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and…

— Nate Parker

But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a "serious" filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo…

— James Gunn

As a documentary filmmaker, I'm very respectful, and my interview style is not intrusive. I don't really have an agenda. I just…

— Tony Kaye

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on…

— David Cronenberg

As I became a filmmaker and realized that I had a voice, who better to speak for than kids that are bullied?…

— Lee Hirsch

I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I…

— Bryan Singer

If you want a film and they don't want you, sometimes you have to go fight for it. Sometimes that ends up…

— Ryan Reynolds

We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones…

— P. J. Soles

[ Blue is the Warmest Color ] was really a film about two people having to go through a relationship which everyone…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I've been exploring a lot of different avenues with a number of very different and very, very exciting filmmakers and writers. That's…

— Dan Stevens

I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris…

— Abdellah Taia

I've been joking that if Madonna taught us anything, you've got to reinvent yourself. I think it's important as a filmmaker, as…

— Darren Aronofsky

I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people…

— Mick Jagger

No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run…

— Jeff Abbott

As a filmmaker what you can hope to do is doing what drives you.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

— Anton Corbijn

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

— Ang Lee

I think the point of cinematography, of what we do, is intimacy.

— Christopher Doyle

Bergman's my favorite filmmaker, if I had to choose.

— Robert Eggers

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

— Dennis Hopper

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

— Spike Lee