Filmmaking Quotes · Page 10

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 not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs.…

— Takashi Miike

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

— Waheeda Rehman

I think that, again, filmmaking is the director's medium in the end, and the best thing a producer can do is stay…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

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

— Mia Wasikowska

To be animating at the same time, it's the ultimate freedom in filmmaking because you can literally put anything on the screen…

— Don Hertzfeldt

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

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

That is - the use of the subjective camera is an idea that's been around in movies for a long, long time.…

— Jonathan Demme

I studied English in college and approached filmmaking from a writing background while trying to learn as much as I could about…

— Susanna Fogel

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by…

— Andrzej Wajda

I thought there was a way of marrying what I wanted to do with filmmaking with pop videos, which I found out…

— Hiro Murai

I feel like the beauty of this age of filmmaking is that there are more tools at your disposal, but it doesn’t…

— J. J. Abrams

In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a…

— Michael Haneke

Maybe many directors are trying to create their own style of filmmaking, or to respond to audiences that come expect a certain…

— Takashi Miike

The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the…

— Nina Jacobson

“Or take this girl, for example. At a meeting just outside Paris, a fifteen-year-old girl came up to me and said that…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make…

— Debra Granik

In polite society, there is such a thing as sensitivity to some issues, as time has gone on. There was a time…

— Quentin Tarantino

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

— Jai Courtney

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 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

“Regardless of the subject of my films … I am looking for a way of evoking in audiences feelings similar to my…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.

— Frederick Wiseman

I like challenges. If you're involved, as one is, in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself. You don't want to repeat what…

— Jared Harris

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

— Wim Wenders

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

— Anthony Russo

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

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

— Kelly Reichardt

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

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

— Nicholas Jarecki

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

— Manushi Chhillar

Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas.

— Reginald Hudlin

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

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with…

— Nicholas Ozeki

“A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very…

— Taylor Sheridan

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

— Jamie Bell