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title: "19 Filmmakers Make Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Filmmakers Make quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Filmmakers Make sayings and thoughts."
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> [Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/other-filmmakers-make-their-movies-and-put-them-out-and-that-s-that/)

[Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/kevin-smith-3887_deeper_other-filmmakers-make-their-movies-and-p_380015.png)

> [I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-frost/i-find-a-lot-of-young-filmmakers-make-too-much-of-an-effort-to-be/)

[Sadie Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-frost/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/sadie-frost-17074_effort_i-find-a-lot-of-young-filmmakers-make-to_1825519.png)

> [I think a lot of filmmakers make these weird little movies, and arent aware thattheyre making weird little movies!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-rogen/i-think-a-lot-of-filmmakers-make-these-weird-little-movies-and-arent/)

[Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-rogen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/seth-rogen-1831_film_i-think-a-lot-of-filmmakers-make-these-w_589949.jpg)

> [I want to work with the best filmmakers. To make them want to work with me, I need that one hit film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dino-morea/i-want-to-work-with-the-best-filmmakers-to-make-them-want-to-work/)

[Dino Morea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dino-morea/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/dino-morea-6159_best_i-want-to-work-with-the-best-filmmakers_2169273.jpg)

> [I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-robbins/i-don-t-think-people-have-been-able-to-deal-with-the-fact-that/)

[Tim Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-robbins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/tim-robbins-9743_able_i-don-t-think-people-have-been-able-to-d_354932.jpg)

> [Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-silver/our-responsibility-as-filmmakers-is-to-make-things-that-are-fresh/)

[Joel Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-silver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/joel-silver-12963_filmmaker_our-responsibility-as-filmmakers-is-to-m_2229795.jpg)

> [Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trieste-kelly-dunn/thank-god-for-small-movies-and-filmmakers-who-can-make-movies-for-not/)

[Trieste Kelly Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trieste-kelly-dunn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/trieste-kelly-dunn-31728_cinema_thank-god-for-small-movies-and-filmmaker_2908303.jpg)

> [I get really excited when I see filmmakers make something that is subtle and feels real. It is really tough to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-steele/i-get-really-excited-when-i-see-filmmakers-make-something-that-is/)

[Taylor Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-steele/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/taylor-steele-16334_excited_i-get-really-excited-when-i-see-filmmake_657214.jpg)

> [Some filmmakers make films to please themselves and a handful of critics, so they get 5-star reviews but their films don't run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sajid-khan/some-filmmakers-make-films-to-please-themselves-and-a-handful-of/)

[Sajid Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sajid-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/sajid-khan-5450_box_some-filmmakers-make-films-to-please-the_3032397.jpg)

> [I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gazzara/i-love-awards-especially-if-i-get-them-it-s-up-to-the-courage-of-the/)

[Ben Gazzara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gazzara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/ben-gazzara-38398_art_i-love-awards-especially-if-i-get-them-i_8124.png)

> [Two things - one is obvious: always keep making. The second thing, with regard to music videos specifically - the music video…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiro-murai/two-things-one-is-obvious-always-keep-making-the-second-thing-with/)

[Hiro Murai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiro-murai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/hiro-murai-8327_always_two-things-one-is-obvious-always-keep-ma_148900.jpg)

> [If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neill-blomkamp/if-you-look-at-the-most-meaningful-science-fiction-it-didn-t-come/)

[Neill Blomkamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neill-blomkamp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/neill-blomkamp-8505_cinema_if-you-look-at-the-most-meaningful-scien_1325925.jpg)

> [It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gazzara/it-s-up-to-the-courage-of-the-filmmakers-to-make-art-in-cinema-not/)

[Ben Gazzara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gazzara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/ben-gazzara-38398_art_it-s-up-to-the-courage-of-the-filmmakers_2512104.png)

> [We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/om-puri/we-have-filmmakers-who-make-films-with-some-kind-of-responsibility/)

[Om Puri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/om-puri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/om-puri-22254_also_we-have-filmmakers-who-make-films-with-s_744676.jpg)

> [I think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-sanders/i-think-what-we-re-trying-to-do-as-filmmakers-is-make-a-big-gritty/)

[Rupert Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-sanders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/rupert-sanders-22996_bigs_i-think-what-we-re-trying-to-do-as-filmm_3209012.jpg)

> [It's great that we have commercial filmmakers who make family films and understand the aesthetics well, taking this route. They know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiara-advani/it-s-great-that-we-have-commercial-filmmakers-who-make-family-films/)

[Kiara Advani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiara-advani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/kiara-advani-21458_beauty_it-s-great-that-we-have-commercial-filmm_2440005.jpg)

> [Film is such an extraordinary rich medium which can handle so many different modes of operation, combining together in the same place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-greenaway/film-is-such-an-extraordinary-rich-medium-which-can-handle-so-many/)

[Peter Greenaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-greenaway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/peter-greenaway-2444_all-kinds_film-is-such-an-extraordinary-rich-mediu_435461.png)

> [When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/signe-baumane/when-industry-people-see-something-different-they-don-t-know-what-to/)

[Signe Baumane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/signe-baumane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/signe-baumane-23758_bother_when-industry-people-see-something-diffe_2281893.jpg)

> [It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-re-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-if-you-re/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/melissa-rosenberg-10715_behind-you_it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-re-the-smartest_2928515.png)

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