Filmmaking Quotes · Page 37

Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head,…

— Jason Reitman

Today, filmmaking isn't just about shooting and releasing. You've to structure the marketing of a film.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Filmmaking is about moments. In real life, things might take six months, a year, but [in filmmaking] you have to create the…

— Morten Tyldum

I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

— David Ayer

I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY OCCURS EACH TIME AS A NEW AND UNIQUE IMAGE OF THE WORLD, A HIEROGLYPHIC OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH. IT APPEARS…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

— Lynda Obst

I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.

— David Shapiro

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and…

— Max von Sydow

Filmmaking involves a lot of money and hard work, which should not be wasted, though nobody knows which film will be a…

— Hema Malini

There's so often - in filmmaking, you're backed into something that already has these set parameters, whether it's a sequel or a…

— Jonathan Levine

I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than…

— Sam Mendes

Louisiana has a storied history in filmmaking, with one of the world's most diverse settings for cinematic and television productions.

— John Bel Edwards

It's important to show that creativity is in many different sectors, not just in graphic design or filmmaking.

— Ginevra Elkann

A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love…

— Rob Minkoff

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

— Neil Jordan

Docs are more exhausting because of the physical labor that's required. Feature filmmaking is more exhausting because of politics and the bullshit.…

— George Hickenlooper

I started doing non-surf stuff like commercials, short films, and music videos and just started expanding my filmmaking that way. I started…

— Taylor Steele

Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room.

— Nicholas Jarecki

If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the…

— Robert Rodriguez

I've never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I started in the psychological thriller side of feature filmmaking with 'Spiral,' which was the first one that I wrote and directed…

— Joel David Moore

What we definitely agree with Walter on is that filmmaking is teamwork. It's one of the only arts that is truly based…

— Sam Pressman

The good thing about being in advertising was a lot of the skills cross over: you have to be accountable for your…

— Victor Levin

There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that…

— Jimmy Chin