--- title: "4 Filmmaking Quotes By Tilda Swinton" description: "4 Filmmaking quotes by Tilda Swinton. Plus more from Tilda Swinton and more Filmmaking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/tilda-swinton-4434_believe_there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-wh_1914615.png" --- > [There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-when-someone-says-that-s-not-my/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/tilda-swinton-4434_believe_there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-wh_1914615.png) > [A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my relationships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-to-do-with-my-love-of-being-in/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/tilda-swinton-4434_audience_a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-t_2542075.jpg) > [I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-think-that-film-festivals-we-re-very-often-given-to-understand-are/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/tilda-swinton-4434_audience_i-think-that-film-festivals-we-re-very-o_2840435.jpg) > [I'm a huge Marvel fan and the fact that they take the liberties that they do in filmmaking I think, if anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-m-a-huge-marvel-fan-and-the-fact-that-they-take-the-liberties-that/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/tilda-swinton-4434_comic_i-m-a-huge-marvel-fan-and-the-fact-that_3074889.png) ## Other authors on Filmmaking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrei-tarkovsky-12850.jpg) Andrei Tarkovsky 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/andrei-tarkovsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/werner-herzog/) - [Ti West 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/ti-west/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/peter-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-hickenlooper-37757.jpg) George Hickenlooper 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/george-hickenlooper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adam-clayton-9266.jpg) Darren Aronofsky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/darren-aronofsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-takeshi-kitano-88705.jpg) Takeshi Kitano 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/takeshi-kitano/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-takashi-miike-3507.jpg) Takashi Miike 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/takashi-miike/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-spielberg-87547.jpg) Steven Spielberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/steven-spielberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-w-s-anderson-74228.jpg) Paul W. S. Anderson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/paul-w-s-anderson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicolas-winding-refn-71275.jpg) Nicolas Winding Refn 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/nicolas-winding-refn/) ## More by Tilda Swinton > [I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-think-there-s-a-dishonorable-tradition-in-hollywood-to-give-the/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [ The Ancient One, as you know, is the master, is the Sorcerer Supreme, and \[Doctor\] Strange comes to learn how to heal himself and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/the-ancient-one-as-you-know-is-the-master-is-the-sorcerer-supreme-and/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I'll tell you one thing, and this is banal to say because it just makes it sound like it's all planned, and nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-ll-tell-you-one-thing-and-this-is-banal-to-say-because-it-just/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I remember noticing, when I had my babies, how much I liked them, and not just loved them, but I was really into them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-remember-noticing-when-i-had-my-babies-how-much-i-liked-them-and/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I follow my nose. It’s as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-follow-my-nose-it-s-as-simple-as-that/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [It may be unfair of me but I do feel I know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/it-may-be-unfair-of-me-but-i-do-feel-i-know-it/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical in fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/what-very-often-happens-when-people-make-films-about-rich-people-the/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I wasn't around when Nic was playing Donald. I was around with Charlie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-wasn-t-around-when-nic-was-playing-donald-i-was-around-with-charlie/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-never-quite-understand-the-way-society-decides-who-is-beautiful-and/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [Even beyond sexuality, I'm generally interested in identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/even-beyond-sexuality-i-m-generally-interested-in-identity/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [When I'm in northern Italy, I walk about feeling slightly less of a freak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/when-i-m-in-northern-italy-i-walk-about-feeling-slightly-less-of-a/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [Nic's Charlie is something very particular. You can't really put them together. It's a phantasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/nic-s-charlie-is-something-very-particular-you-can-t-really-put-them/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [In The Deep End, you have a woman who looks like a J. Crew mother who can manage it all. Then we begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/in-the-deep-end-you-have-a-woman-who-looks-like-a-j-crew-mother-who/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-live-a-soldier-s-life-when-i-m-working-that-s-how-it-feels-to-me/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) > [ \[My work\] just develops and develops, and I'm very nicely served by the universe: just as I'm ready to take the conversation further with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/my-work-just-develops-and-develops-and-i-m-very-nicely-served-by-the/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filmmaking/tilda-swinton/#itemlist", "name": "4 Filmmaking Quotes By Tilda Swinton", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: \"That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and see that...\" I don't believe that, I don't believe that it's possible to write off a whole genre of filmmaking - \"oh I don't like subtitled films\", or \"I don't like black and white films\", or I don't like films made before or after, a certain date\" - I don't believe that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tilda Swinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-when-someone-says-that-s-not-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/tilda-swinton-4434_believe_there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-wh_1914615.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/tilda-swinton-4434_believe_there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-wh_1914615.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/tilda-swinton-4434_believe_there-s-a-thing-i-really-mind-hearing-wh_1914615.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: \"That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go…” — Tilda Swinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my relationships to what I want to see on the screen, what I have seen on the screen and what I don't want to see on the screen again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tilda Swinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-to-do-with-my-love-of-being-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/tilda-swinton-4434_audience_a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-t_2542075.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/tilda-swinton-4434_audience_a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-t_2542075.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/tilda-swinton-4434_audience_a-large-part-of-my-filmmaking-self-has-t_2542075.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my…” — Tilda Swinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of filmmaking. 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