Filmmaking Quotes · Page 8

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

— Christopher Nolan

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

— Meghana Raj

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

— Frank Capra

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

Games have has as much an impact on Hollywood filmmaking as MTV music videos did.

— Bruce Feirstein

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

— Molly Ringwald

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

— Shia LaBeouf

“If you can film an idea in your mind, follow that film idea shot for shot, scene for scene, that idea is…

— Craig Mapp

My main concern is quality and I think there is quality to be found in all categories of filmmaking.

— Brad Pitt

“Make movies my friend – make nice, inspiring and bold movies that will penetrate the darkest corners of the human mind and…

— Abhijit Naskar

I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds.

— Alex Gibney

I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Trying to find the story within the story was hard. Filmmaking is such a reductive process in a strange way and you…

— Mark Ruffalo

Filmmaking is a very collaborative art. Unlike a painting that an artist paints sitting by himself, as a director, you have to…

— Rajkumar Hirani

“Use filmmaking to eliminate racism – use to it terminate misogyny – use it to destroy homophobia and all other primitiveness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“It was hard to know what to make of the brothers' dark infatuation with death. It was strange, wildly anomalous in sun-baked…

— Peter Biskind

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so…

— Eric Stoltz

I always wanted to live in L.A. The other thing that always inspired me was movies; that's why I'm here. I always…

— Jeff Vespa

The White Palace was pretty impressive. Very impressive, in fact. The day to day running of the set was everybody showed up…

— Pierce Brosnan

Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head,…

— Jason Reitman

I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound…

— Patrick Wilson

“Building a successful career is a long-term endeavor. In many cases, it will depend not just on your talent and hard work…

— Jen Alvares

I think people like Lena Dunham really opened up the door to what was possible, and they've inspired young women to go…

— Judd Apatow

I've been working in computer animation for 25 years. I'm obviously a devotee of the technology. I just think it's the one…

— Chris Wedge

They [academy writing programs] have no concept that the world has changed, that publishing has changed, that filmmaking has changed, and if…

— Tod Goldberg

I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own…

— Martin Scorsese

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

At a certain point, I got interested in set design for the theater. I was interested in architecture, but I was taking…

— Neil Burger

I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or…

— Lily Cole

Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the…

— Martin Scorsese

“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the…

— Stanley Kubrick

No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.

— John Waters

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

— Greg MacGillivray

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

— Vera Farmiga

“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

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

— Neil Jordan

If you're involved in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself.

— Jared Harris

The "If you build it, they will come" approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me.

— Nina Jacobson