As a filmmaker, "no" is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I still go see films for entertainment, and I love them, but for me as a filmmaker, I really want to have… — Charlie McDowell Copy Share Image
I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by… — Ramin Bahrani Copy Share Image
What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I'll… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
The White Palace was pretty impressive. Very impressive, in fact. The day to day running of the set was everybody showed up… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities. Especially for independent… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I probably live in the best province for independent filmmakers. Manitoba has a sort of thieving-magpie approach, trying to lift productions from… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
What I always tell people is... Unless you are so passionate about filmmaking that you would rather live out of your car… — Ryan Connolly Copy Share Image
Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything's still here. I'm… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Bisexuality doubles your chances of a date on a Saturday night. I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
Well, there's two things I have criteria for doing a film: The script, which is the story, and the filmmaker, and it's… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
If you're not connected emotionally to a story, then you're dead. You're as a filmmaker really just opening the door for people… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker. — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
![“In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me seeming to rise to the top of the heap of several filmmakers that were trying to get the rights. And by top of the heap I mean in terms of being somebody that was trusted to do it as they said…” quote by Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/sean-penn-3005_approach_in-short-form-i-ll-say-it-was-an-approac_492991.png)
