Artist Quote by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.

— Bruce LaBruce

When an artiste says that, after two heavy films, let me do a light one, somewhere they want to balance it out for the…

— Manoj Bajpayee

“All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it's absurd to copy…

— Jean-Pierre Melville

The power of a good film is to engage you and draw you into its world.

— Nandita Das

When it comes down to it, I'm still in love with film - I'm a cinephile.

— Sean Baker

There's a real tension between it being a collaborative art process, which is almost like performance art of yourself, and, as we talk about…

— Robert Greene

I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down…

— Billy Wilder

The films I grew up loving, and the art that I love, is not generally the kind of postmodern ironic winking stuff. What lasts…

— James Gray

I don't think the audience goes and thinks of the movie as a piece of art - there are some independent people who may…

— Antoine Fuqua

You don't need a high concept to make a great film, of course. 'Withnail & I' is not - it's probably not much on…

— Julian Barratt

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance

— Michel Hazanavicius