Filmmaking Quotes · Page 5

Director Aji John has a style of filmmaking that will surely appeal to all.

— Meghana Raj

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

— Peter Jackson

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.

— Renee O'Connor

“Take the clapper and become the alarm that the world so desperately needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”

— A.D. Posey

I think filmmaking is a gamble anyway, right? You never know the results from the start.

— Daniel Wu

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

— Vera Farmiga

It's good filmmaking when you don't have to say anything and you can still tell the story.

— Shia LaBeouf

I don't think that any Icelandic filmmaker feels like he belongs to Icelandic filmmaking, because nobody really knows what it is.

— Dagur Kari

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

— Guy Ritchie

Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.

— Christophe Agou

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

— Werner Herzog

Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We…

— Claire Denis

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a…

— Alain Resnais

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of…

— Charles Ferguson

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

— Brendan Fraser

I'm older and wiser. So and now having segued into filmmaking I'm looking at [Ridley Scott ] and what he does in…

— Denzel Washington

When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as…

— Arjun Rampal

Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its…

— Dayo Okeniyi

Something that bothers me is when legacy overwhelms presence, right? People that are, myself included, too concerned with some idea of yourself…

— Fred Hechinger

My first teacher was Steven Spielberg. I worked on Amazing Stories. That was my first job, as a writer and as a…

— Mick Garris

I don't think the audience goes and thinks of the movie as a piece of art - there are some independent people…

— Antoine Fuqua

I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator…

— George Lucas

I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Our film [Hide and seek ]was created as part of the Asian American Film Lab's 11th 72 Hour Film Shootout filmmaking competition,…

— Garth Kravits

Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and…

— Jim Toomey

The Ramones were a great bunch of guys. They were very quiet, very shy. They were a little in awe of the…

— P. J. Soles

Filmmaking is essentially about entertainment, but it's amazing to realize that it has this other muscle that could actually help. Do you…

— Ken Burns

There are people - I think this is why there are so many commercial directors doing well in big studio movies, for…

— Ti West

We with Komplizen Film believe very much in the writer-director and in the freedom of a filmmaker. I think it's always good…

— Maren Ade

I love that about filmmaking - seeing final product and getting to see everyone else that you don't necessarily engage with on…

— Jai Courtney

I didn't really learn how to figure out this filmmaking life from any book.

— Kelly Reichardt

Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.

— Gaspar Noe

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

— Molly Ringwald

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

— Guy Ritchie

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

— James Franco

By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art.

— Signe Baumane

Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.

— Terry Gilliam

Filmmaking seems more difficult but theatre comes with its own challenges.

— Puneet Issar