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title: "36 Young Filmmakers Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Young Filmmakers quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Young Filmmakers sayings and thoughts."
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> [Whenever I can make it work out, and schedule permitting, I like to help young filmmakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-todd/whenever-i-can-make-it-work-out-and-schedule-permitting-i-like-to/)

[Tony Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-todd/)

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> [If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jihan-el-tahri/if-the-young-filmmakers-ask-themselves-enough-questions-and-come-up/)

[Jihan El-Tahri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jihan-el-tahri/)

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> [I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-frost/i-find-a-lot-of-young-filmmakers-make-too-much-of-an-effort-to-be/)

[Sadie Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-frost/)

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> [For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donnie-wahlberg/for-young-filmmakers-saw-is-a-perfect-film-it-doesn-t-cost-the-gnp-of/)

[Donnie Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donnie-wahlberg/)

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> [Some young filmmakers, unfortunately, don't have the ability to resist attempts to maybe cut their films down unfairly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thelma-schoonmaker/some-young-filmmakers-unfortunately-don-t-have-the-ability-to-resist/)

[Thelma Schoonmaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thelma-schoonmaker/)

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> [My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-capra/my-advice-to-young-filmmakers-is-this-don-t-follow-trends-start-them/)

[Frank Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-capra/)

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> [You hear nightmare stories from young filmmakers working in Hollywood, being told what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-lin/you-hear-nightmare-stories-from-young-filmmakers-working-in-hollywood/)

[Justin Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-lin/)

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> [Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-hudlin/young-filmmakers-are-supposed-to-be-the-young-turks-that-advance-the/)

[Reginald Hudlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reginald-hudlin/)

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> [I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-reitman/i-think-it-s-a-mistake-for-young-filmmakers-to-just-buy-digital/)

[Jason Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-reitman/)

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> [It's a do-it-yourself kind of era with these pieces and bits of technology called iPhones. You can film your own stuff and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamlyn-tomita/it-s-a-do-it-yourself-kind-of-era-with-these-pieces-and-bits-of/)

[Tamlyn Tomita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamlyn-tomita/)

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> [I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/i-love-working-with-young-people-and-young-filmmakers-and-i-love/)

[Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/)

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> [I've seen so many young filmmakers - even professional filmmakers who get a Hollywood deal - they don't quite know where to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/i-ve-seen-so-many-young-filmmakers-even-professional-filmmakers-who/)

[George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/)

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> [Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-chestnut/showtime-has-given-new-young-filmmakers-black-white-across-the-board/)

[Morris Chestnut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-chestnut/)

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> [I think we've faced all the typical challenges that young filmmakers go through over the years - time, money, negativity - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-mccary/i-think-we-ve-faced-all-the-typical-challenges-that-young-filmmakers/)

[Dave McCary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-mccary/)

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> [Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/perhaps-it-sounds-ridiculous-but-the-best-thing-that-young-filmmakers/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

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> [Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/sarah-michelle-gellar-s-made-some-really-good-choices-she-s-had-some/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-rickman/i-think-the-thing-about-film-is-as-it-gets-proved-by-a-lot-of-young/)

[Alan Rickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-rickman/)

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> [We were just trying to make the films that we could get made, and to push the envelope. We didn't realize how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-friedkin/we-were-just-trying-to-make-the-films-that-we-could-get-made-and-to/)

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

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> [I love independent films because I love to help, I love to assist, I love to pass along knowledge or experience to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamlyn-tomita/i-love-independent-films-because-i-love-to-help-i-love-to-assist-i/)

[Tamlyn Tomita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamlyn-tomita/)

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> [When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/when-you-re-talking-horror-or-sci-fi-you-re-working-in-a-genre-that/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

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> [I usually try to connect with young filmmakers over the phone so I can hear them and just pick their brain as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamlyn-tomita/i-usually-try-to-connect-with-young-filmmakers-over-the-phone-so-i/)

[Tamlyn Tomita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamlyn-tomita/)

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> [Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/campbell-scott/television-and-cable-have-become-the-new-independent-films-in-a-sense/)

[Campbell Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/campbell-scott/)

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> [There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-stapleton/there-s-a-rumbling-with-young-artists-and-young-filmmakers-that-are/)

[Alex Stapleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-stapleton/)

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> [I want to see more young filmmakers, and specifically filmmakers who have a unique voice. I wouldn't mind seeing less of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-holland/i-want-to-see-more-young-filmmakers-and-specifically-filmmakers-who/)

[Andre Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-holland/)

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> [Most, especially the young filmmakers, do not see strength in communal or collective existence. They just think they're going to conquer the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-gerima/most-especially-the-young-filmmakers-do-not-see-strength-in-communal/)

[Haile Gerima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-gerima/)

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> [I go to conventions and universities and talk to young filmmakers and everybody's making a zombie movie! It's because it's easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/i-go-to-conventions-and-universities-and-talk-to-young-filmmakers-and/)

[George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/)

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> [It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-kashyap/it-is-an-entirely-selfish-decision-to-turn-producer-because-i-want-my/)

[Anurag Kashyap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-kashyap/)

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> [The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiro-murai/the-most-difficult-thing-about-music-videos-is-that-a-lot-of-young/)

[Hiro Murai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiro-murai/)

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> ['Beyond the Lights' was my fourth film. I gained a lot of knowledge, and I'm excited to share that with young filmmakers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/beyond-the-lights-was-my-fourth-film-i-gained-a-lot-of-knowledge-and/)

[Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-prince-bythewood/)

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> [A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-coppola/a-lot-of-young-filmmakers-bring-their-movies-to-my-dad-because-he/)

[Sofia Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-coppola/)

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> [I always tell young filmmakers, don't go make a feature. Make a short. When you're ready to make a feature, people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-duplass/i-always-tell-young-filmmakers-don-t-go-make-a-feature-make-a-short/)

[Jay Duplass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-duplass/)

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> [I am delighted that young filmmakers want me in their films. They have open minds and a fresh take on old attitudes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-banerjee/i-am-delighted-that-young-filmmakers-want-me-in-their-films-they-have/)

[Victor Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-banerjee/)

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> [The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/the-only-advice-i-can-really-give-to-the-young-filmmakers-is-to-be/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

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> [When filmmakers are kept from making films, there's a lot of different reasons why. Sometimes you work on a film and cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dante/when-filmmakers-are-kept-from-making-films-there-s-a-lot-of-different/)

[Joe Dante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dante/)

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> [I get to work with incredibly talented young filmmakers and students, and their attitudes and relationship with film is still so pure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-get-to-work-with-incredibly-talented-young-filmmakers-and-students/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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> [I made a lot of mistakes along the way, but feel incredibly lucky to be in the position I am now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-lin/i-made-a-lot-of-mistakes-along-the-way-but-feel-incredibly-lucky-to/)

[Justin Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-lin/)

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