Filmmaking Quotes · Page 9

I stopped making videos and commercials for a few months before I started films just to reset my clock because so much…

— Mark Romanek

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

— John Cassavetes

I'm not trying to prove myself a great filmmaker. I don't know much about filmmaking anyway. I'm trying my hand at it…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Our ambition is to be the center of independent animation filmmaking; to be the bravest animation studio in the world.

— Travis Knight

I like how collaborative and cult-like filmmaking is. It's really family-oriented, tribe-oriented.

— Zal Batmanglij

After becoming Miss World, I now have some idea of what goes on behind the camera, and that filmmaking is a tedious…

— Manushi Chhillar

Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information.

— Richard Ray Perez

What Joe and I get excited by, creatively, is exploring all of the different forms of filmmaking.

— Anthony Russo

A lot of people are trying to get out of their home country and think 'making it' is if you're able to…

— Taika Waititi

I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope…

— Thom Andersen

With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new…

— Lucy Walker

I came to filmmaking as an actor looking for great characters and great opportunities, both of which are kind of hard to…

— Katie Aselton

I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to…

— Joe Swanberg

The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control…

— John C. Reilly

In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after…

— George Lucas

I'm really impotent against the overwhelming bleakness of the universe and the only thing I can do is my little gift [filmmaking]…

— Woody Allen

When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that…

— David Oyelowo

“Yet in recent years I have witnessed a new phenomenon among filmgoers, especially those considered intelligent and perceptive. I have a name…

— Anonymous

Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I…

— Sophia Takal

'Hoop Dreams' brought us back to our roots in veríté filmmaking. What we saw in the powerful emotional scenes within it -…

— Gordon Quinn

I feel very strongly that a film isn't just a story, but the WAY that a story is told. It's why I…

— Larry Fessenden

Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to…

— Wim Wenders

I never had the idea that filmmaking was going to sustain me. I just always think: I get to go make a…

— Kelly Reichardt

Even bigger directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma have faced flak, that doesn't mean they've shied away from filmmaking.

— Gautham Menon

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to…

— Bryan Singer

Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.

— Mia Wasikowska

I have had my innings. And in a way I am happy that I came in an era when a lot of…

— Waheeda Rehman

There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

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

Filmmaking is kind of a vain hobby when maybe we should all be taking to the streets. But it seems irresponsible not…

— Ryan Fleck

“The best documentaries are independent. They don’t exist to serve interests, philanthropic or otherwise.”

— Nick Fraser

Rajini sir has always been a part of my life from childhood. And I entered into filmmaking because I was influenced by…

— Karthik Subbaraj

I think, at the end of the day, filmmaking is a team, but eventually there's got to be a captain.

— Ridley Scott

That's the beauty of filmmaking: it's extremely humbling because you do it all over again all the time.

— Zal Batmanglij

If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all.

— Karyn Kusama

With every film that I am doing I am learning new things either about myself, or about filmmaking.

— Sanya Malhotra

I feel filmmaking is not an easy task. People make films but sometimes they are not able to release it.

— Rakhi Sawant

All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that you have a script and…

— Paul Greengrass

I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'

— James Wan

I've always traveled with the films because I want the audience to be my teacher so that I can learn for the…

— Sally Potter