Filmmaking Quotes · Page 4

I think that filmmaking is very addicting and risky, and it gives you a high, for sure.

— Ryan Fleck

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

— Lynda Obst

Filmmaking is a very serious job, and I want to concentrate on that.

— Varun Dhawan

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

— Darren Aronofsky

For me, the filmmaking should serve the story, first and foremost.

— Rupert Wyatt

I love filmmaking as a process and acting is one element that is dear to me.

— Satyadev Kancharana

Shiraz' is an important part of our filmmaking and cultural history.

— Anoushka Shankar

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

— Art Alexakis

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

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.

— Michel Hazanavicius

Being a TV comedian, actor, writer, columnist, and all that is quite helpful to me in acquiring wide varieties of knowledge, which…

— Takeshi Kitano

The machinery of filmmaking is really slow and ponderous and I don't know how you're going to make it any faster with…

— Michael Seresin

It's been a dream to work alongside the talented team at Lucasfilm and ILM to make advancements and improvements to the filmmaking…

— Greig Fraser

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

— Jehane Noujaim

I do feel like in filmmaking you are largely in control of the perception of you. If you want to be seen…

— Leigh Whannell

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not…

— Nivin Pauly

The field (of filmmaking) is suddenly sexy, ... so it's deluged with these wannabes who say 'I don't want to be a…

— John Landis

MANY MANAGE TO SEPARATE THEIR LIFE FROM THEIR FILMS. THEY LIVE ONE WAY AND EXPRESS OTHER IDEAS IN THEIR WORKS. THEY ARE…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

“In order to get [Mean Streets] made I had to learn how to make a movie," says Scorsese. "I didn't learn how…

— Peter Biskind

I think that there's a natural attraction to enigmatic characters, people that have decided to make a decision in their lives to…

— Jim Carrey

I think I was born to be a clown. I just haven't figured out how to bring that side of myself into…

— Lucas Hedges

The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but…

— Ethan Hawke

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was…

— John Lasseter

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 love writing and the little filmmaking I have attempted, but comics is the means of artistic expression that feels most comfortable…

— Jason Lutes

It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me…

— Werner Herzog

“In major movies these days, the fine details of music, instrumentation and sound design are lost. This is a shame, and it…

— Julius Dobos

It's always a problem when you're working with people you don't really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.…

— Abel Ferrara

For me, filmmaking is an ongoing self-reflection process. I kind of push everything to the edge. I feel very exposed and fragile…

— Tamer El Said

I always do casting for every role, even if it's just one sentence. I like to work with theater actors because they're…

— Maren Ade

“I am an eye. A mechanical eye. I, the machine, show you a world the way only I can see it. I…

— Dziga Vertov

Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.

— Dean Devlin

I find filmmaking to be a super lonely, alienating experience.

— Kelly Reichardt

Filmmaking is a passion for me. Plus, that is what I do to make a living.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

— Michael Jai White

“Entertain, but also, give the viewer something to think about.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking.

— David Slade

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

— Lars von Trier

I've picked up so much about the technical aspects of filmmaking and television.

— Benedict Samuel