Filmmaking Quotes · Page 4

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

— Peter Mullan

I am a serious filmmaker, and I see the whole process of filmmaking more as a piece of art.

— Vetrimaaran

People don't know what filmmaking is even after they have made ten films.

— Sriram Raghavan

Luckily, filmmaking is not a nine-to-five job.

— Farah Khan

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

— Andrzej Wajda

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

— Taika Waititi

Saw # Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending.

— M. Night Shyamalan

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

— Todd Phillips

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

— Julia Leigh

The influence of Steven Spielberg to my career is unquantifiable. Every day on the set with him is a master class in…

— Caroline Goodall

I've always been an angel. Sometimes I transform into a witch only because the filmmaking demands it.

— Lina Wertmuller

The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Usually, we have some of those nostalgic moments like, "Oh my god, I can't believe we survived that day," because filmmaking is…

— Catherine Hardwicke

There's a respect factor in filmmaking, like in sports, where certain things are kept in the locker room.

— Justin Lin

I'm quite often interested in writing and sculpture, installation, and photography, obviously, just as much as filmmaking.

— RaMell Ross

It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the…

— Richard Donner

What I want to do with my filmmaking is help kids experience the truth and wisdom of nature no matter where they…

— Louie Schwartzberg

People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I…

— Jason Reitman

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it…

— Jordan Peele

The MeToo movement has made everyone more professional. The trashy aspects of filmmaking are now eliminated. There is certainly fear and caution…

— Vikrant Massey

Loving photography and wanting to be a painter, it all ended up in the process of filmmaking. It's strange professionally be to…

— Wim Wenders

I think that Christians who have an interest in filmmaking need to deepen their love for cinema. To be honest, that's what…

— Scott Derrickson

Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have…

— Nicolas Cage

There are things to love about filmmaking in Greece. People are generous: If you get along well with others, the people around…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general. I want to try and…

— Joe Swanberg

There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and…

— Tilda Swinton

Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and…

— David Fincher

Among today's directors I'm of course impressed by Steven Spielberg and Scorsese, and Coppola, even if he seems to have ceased making…

— Ingmar Bergman

I have no illusions about my filmmaking work but I must add I have no illusions about anybody else's either. I am…

— Terence Davies

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I never fought, I never learned kung fu or boxing, I never went into these sportif competitions. I wouldn't cross the ocean.…

— Agnes Varda

I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with.…

— Quinn Shephard

Panned or not, 'Dune' is a real part of science-fiction filmmaking.

— Fred Armisen

It was in Kanpur where I got exposed to the art of filmmaking.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten.

— Mike Leigh

I've followed Mysskin sir's work, and I really like his style of filmmaking.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Zero budget filmmaking is frustrating but also liberating.

— Atul Kulkarni

To make a good film is an art. Gender is irrelevant when it comes to craft of filmmaking.

— Zoya Akhtar

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

— Ruben Fleischer

I think filmmaking is a team work and it's a shared responsibility.

— Daisy Shah