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title: "4 Filmmaking Quotes By Zal Batmanglij"
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> [I like how collaborative and cult-like filmmaking is. It's really family-oriented, tribe-oriented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-like-how-collaborative-and-cult-like-filmmaking-is-it-s-really/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/zal-batmanglij-4753_cinema_i-like-how-collaborative-and-cult-like-f_650533.jpg)

> [I think it's really important that you don't get caught up in the way the filmmaking community isolates you and the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-think-it-s-really-important-that-you-don-t-get-caught-up-in-the-way/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/zal-batmanglij-4753_being_i-think-it-s-really-important-that-you-d_1014060.jpg)

> [That's the beauty of filmmaking: it's extremely humbling because you do it all over again all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/that-s-the-beauty-of-filmmaking-it-s-extremely-humbling-because-you/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/zal-batmanglij-4753_again_that-s-the-beauty-of-filmmaking-it-s-ext_1740238.jpg)

> [A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/a-novel-is-both-a-story-and-a-piece-of-writing-a-movie-is-a-story-and/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/zal-batmanglij-4753_books_a-novel-is-both-a-story-and-a-piece-of-w_1974279.jpg)

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## More by Zal Batmanglij

> [I love James Cameron. I love what he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-love-james-cameron-i-love-what-he-does/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember the movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-guess-it-the-one-consistent-thing-in-my-life-was-that-sense-of/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/actors-love-to-do-extreme-things-so-that-is-why-they-become-actors/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> ['Sound of My Voice' had been written before 'Another Earth.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/sound-of-my-voice-had-been-written-before-another-earth/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people were creating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/we-lived-on-anarchist-farms-squatted-in-the-inner-city-and-hopped/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [A film set is all about hierarchy, but I always like to think about the circus. In the circus, there's this real sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/a-film-set-is-all-about-hierarchy-but-i-always-like-to-think-about/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-think-if-aliens-came-to-earth-we-would-laugh-if-there-was-an-alien/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> ['The Terminator' is grounded in so much realism. It's again a story that centers around a woman that isn't a 'woman's picture' necessarily. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/the-terminator-is-grounded-in-so-much-realism-it-s-again-a-story-that/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [No one dives a dumpster like a rich kid dives a dumpster, because there's no shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/no-one-dives-a-dumpster-like-a-rich-kid-dives-a-dumpster-because/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What you're helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/a-director-really-doesn-t-deal-with-performance-that-much-especially/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-stay-away-from-the-writing-part-because-i-think-that-if-it-sticks/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/on-sound-of-my-voice-i-was-the-first-and-last-word-which-is-kind-of-a/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-think-disparaging-something-you-don-t-understand-while-a-very/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [Whatever you think of Edward Snowden, it took bravery to do what he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/whatever-you-think-of-edward-snowden-it-took-bravery-to-do-what-he-did/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

> [You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/you-can-t-just-express-yourself-and-it-becomes-a-movie-you-have-to/)

[Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/)

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