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title: "6 Filmmakers Try Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/my-advice-to-emerging-documentary-filmmakers-would-be-try-to-find/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

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> [We're surrounded by violence, and we see so much of it on TV, especially the news programs. We almost become numb. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-de-bont/we-re-surrounded-by-violence-and-we-see-so-much-of-it-on-tv/)

[Jan de Bont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-de-bont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jan-de-bont-25158_almost_we-re-surrounded-by-violence-and-we-see_1767520.png)

> [I think the only thing filmmakers can do is try to make good movies and make them as long as they allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-think-the-only-thing-filmmakers-can-do-is-try-to-make-good-movies/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/robert-zemeckis-16899_business_i-think-the-only-thing-filmmakers-can-do_2433554.jpg)

> [I like filmmakers that try to touch upon the metaphysical, the things that are behind all this, that you can't actually physically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cahill/i-like-filmmakers-that-try-to-touch-upon-the-metaphysical-the-things/)

[Mike Cahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-cahill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/mike-cahill-73780_ashes_i-like-filmmakers-that-try-to-touch-upon_2792327.jpg)

> [I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-always-aspire-to-that-where-it-feels-like-the-film-was-made-by-the/)

[Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/spike-jonze-3309_always_i-always-aspire-to-that-where-it-feels-l_2968570.jpg)

> [You go to the movies to be transported. That's the responsibility of filmmakers and the people that hire the filmmakers - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-watts/you-go-to-the-movies-to-be-transported-that-s-the-responsibility-of/)

[Jon Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/jon-watts-9849_dreams_you-go-to-the-movies-to-be-transported-t_2978749.jpg)

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