Filmmaking Quotes · Page 6

“Audience can live without a movie but a movie cannot live without an audience.”

— Amit Kalantri

At the end of the day, filmmaking is all about telling stories, and I'm just doing my part.

— Ishaan Khatter

Growing up in the digital age of filmmaking, I'm as guilty as anyone of overshooting.

— Matthew Heineman

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

— Nicolas Cage

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

— Gena Rowlands

Many people who have watched 'Pieta' have said my filmmaking has become more objective.

— Kim Ki-duk

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

— Robert Altman

I thought about quitting filmmaking, just because it was becoming so difficult for me.

— Lee Isaac Chung

I just tell you what a pleasure it is to get back to the kind of filmmaking I used to be allowed…

— Frank Darabont

Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.

— Gus Van Sant

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different…

— Antoine Fuqua

Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing…

— Brian Lindstrom

I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to…

— J. Lee Thompson

I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an…

— Nicolas Cage

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

— Karyn Kusama

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it…

— Ang Lee

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've always found that when you're trying to create illusions with sound, especially in a science fiction or fantasy movie, that pulling…

— Ben Burtt

You should never settle for what you think is just good. You should drive the editors and writers and everybody nuts until…

— Fred Schepisi

You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what…

— Rick Moranis

There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you…

— Shawn Anthony Levy

You know what it is, the reason so many 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds are saying 'Drive' is their favorite movie is that 'Drive' is…

— Albert Brooks

There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that…

— Jimmy Chin

I feel very grateful. I wasn't raised with money. My parents were schoolteachers; I was raised on a small farm. It never…

— Paul Marcarelli

I think it's very valuable as an actor to throw yourself back into having that direct connection with an audience on-stage and…

— Thekla Reuten

The amazing fact that one person can make his own film - I think animation is somewhat unique in that respect. I…

— Bill Plympton

I always feel like I learn more from directors that are new, and I also am able to understand how much I…

— Danielle Harris

Revealing yourself, physically or emotionally, to cast and crew is frequently uncomfortable. But it is essential if you want to to tell…

— Gale Harold

“I was always bad at reading scripts. Back then, I’d be offered millions of dollars to do movies and barely crack the…

— Matthew Perry

During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring…

— Akira Kurosawa

None of our films look alike, we are very dialectical in our approach to each one, and 'Hoop Dreams' was no exception.…

— Gordon Quinn

The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

— Louis Leterrier

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

— Hugh Grant

I don't think I have too many filmmaking years left since I hurt my spine and knee.

— Aparna Sen

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

— Karthik Subbaraj

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

— Roger Ebert

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

— Derek Magyar

News makes things black and white. Documentary filmmaking should do the opposite.

— Robert Greene

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

— Puneet Issar