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title: "22 Films Making Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Films Making quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Films Making sayings and thoughts."
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> [My passion is films and making them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akkineni-nagarjuna/my-passion-is-films-and-making-them/)

[Akkineni Nagarjuna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akkineni-nagarjuna/)

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> [I still enjoy watching films more than making them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-winterbottom/i-still-enjoy-watching-films-more-than-making-them/)

[Michael Winterbottom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-winterbottom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/michael-winterbottom-29388_cinema_i-still-enjoy-watching-films-more-than-m_319495.jpg)

> [The films you're making have to be faithful to the material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heyman/the-films-you-re-making-have-to-be-faithful-to-the-material/)

[David Heyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heyman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/david-heyman-23215_being-faithful_the-films-you-re-making-have-to-be-faith_2810762.jpg)

> [I made a lot of short films before making a feature film. Actually, I learnt film-making by making short films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karthik-subbaraj/i-made-a-lot-of-short-films-before-making-a-feature-film-actually-i/)

[Karthik Subbaraj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karthik-subbaraj/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/karthik-subbaraj-8968_before_i-made-a-lot-of-short-films-before-makin_2074295.jpg)

> [The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-frears/the-only-way-you-can-learn-about-making-films-is-by-making-them-by/)

[Stephen Frears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-frears/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/stephen-frears-28358_cinema_the-only-way-you-can-learn-about-making_379640.jpg)

> [I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/obie-trice/i-don-t-actually-sit-down-and-write-but-i-just-have-a-lot-of/)

[Obie Trice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/obie-trice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/obie-trice-18904_cinema_i-don-t-actually-sit-down-and-write-but_1226814.png)

> [Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karthik-subbaraj/short-films-are-good-especially-since-independent-films-are-making/)

[Karthik Subbaraj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karthik-subbaraj/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/karthik-subbaraj-8968_cinema_short-films-are-good-especially-since-in_34352.jpg)

> [The only time I'm totally happy is when I'm watching films or making them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-only-time-i-m-totally-happy-is-when-i-m-watching-films-or-making/)

[Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/steven-spielberg-963_film_the-only-time-i-m-totally-happy-is-when_560564.jpg)

> [I can't always be making 'British films.' Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-clarke/i-can-t-always-be-making-british-films-why-should-we-be-making-films/)

[Noel Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-clarke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/noel-clarke-15355_about_i-can-t-always-be-making-british-films-w_2047538.jpg)

> [We were for Mao, but when we saw the films he was making, they were bad. So we understood that there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-luc-godard/we-were-for-mao-but-when-we-saw-the-films-he-was-making-they-were-bad/)

[Jean-Luc Godard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-luc-godard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/jean-luc-godard-2128_bad_we-were-for-mao-but-when-we-saw-the-film_440605.jpg)

> [I grew up loving films and making stupid movies with a good friend of mine, who now actually has a career in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-j-cotrona-2/i-grew-up-loving-films-and-making-stupid-movies-with-a-good-friend-of/)

[D.J. Cotrona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-j-cotrona-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/d-j-cotrona-2-50355_actually_i-grew-up-loving-films-and-making-stupid_2896032.jpg)

> [The theater is a need for me. It's a terrible attraction, something I'm compelled to do. And one derives a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-day-lewis/the-theater-is-a-need-for-me-it-s-a-terrible-attraction-something-i-m/)

[Daniel Day-Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-day-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/daniel-day-lewis-3575_attraction_the-theater-is-a-need-for-me-it-s-a-terr_1865986.jpg)

> [In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-macdonald/in-my-early-career-as-a-documentarian-i-suppose-i-was-trying-to-make/)

[Kevin Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-macdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/kevin-macdonald-5800_big_in-my-early-career-as-a-documentarian-i_2541620.jpg)

> [One filmmaker makes films that are deep, intellectual, profound and confrontational. And the other one makes purely vacuous, escapist films. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/one-filmmaker-makes-films-that-are-deep-intellectual-profound-and/)

[Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/woody-allen-176_cinema_one-filmmaker-makes-films-that-are-deep_1603897.jpg)

> [The studios are making fewer films. They are making more expensive films. Profits are tougher to come by. Not only because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-friedkin/the-studios-are-making-fewer-films-they-are-making-more-expensive/)

[William Friedkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-friedkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/william-friedkin-10094_cinema_the-studios-are-making-fewer-films-they_295364.jpg)

> [I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-mekas/i-m-working-in-a-form-of-cinema-that-can-be-described-and-has-been/)

[Jonas Mekas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonas-mekas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/jonas-mekas-12648_cameras_i-m-working-in-a-form-of-cinema-that-can_573999.png)

> [The filmmakers aren't running the studios anymore. Sometimes people who like films are making them, but by and large, they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/the-filmmakers-aren-t-running-the-studios-anymore-sometimes-people/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/tom-hanks-1717_cinema_the-filmmakers-aren-t-running-the-studio_2403490.jpg)

> [The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-great-hope-is-that-people-who-wouldn-t-normally-make-films-will/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/francis-ford-coppola-2337_art_the-great-hope-is-that-people-who-wouldn_712961.jpg)

> [I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-schneider/i-think-a-lot-about-the-editing-of-the-films-when-we-re-making-them/)

[Paul Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-schneider/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/paul-schneider-31915_acting_i-think-a-lot-about-the-editing-of-the-f_2712690.jpg)

> [Once in a while a good opportunity would come along, like the first 'Playhouse 90 ever to air - working in television…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tab-hunter/once-in-a-while-a-good-opportunity-would-come-along-like-the-first/)

[Tab Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tab-hunter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/tab-hunter-14724_air_once-in-a-while-a-good-opportunity-would_2329346.jpg)

> [Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhay-deol/lot-of-people-liked-me-in-manorama-six-feet-under-oye-lucky-lucky-oye/)

[Abhay Deol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhay-deol/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/abhay-deol-5665_cinema_lot-of-people-liked-me-in-manorama-six-f_2284724.jpg)

> [As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ramis/as-much-as-we-d-like-to-believe-that-our-work-is-great-and-that-we-re/)

[Harold Ramis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-ramis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/harold-ramis-4057_art_as-much-as-we-d-like-to-believe-that-our_1163631.png)

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