Almost Quote by Bernardo Bertolucci

Only conformists are ever adored.

— Catherine Breillat

I looked to many, many filmmakers. I was influenced by the Neo-Realists, and by the Cuban, and the Latin American cinema, the '70s, European…

— Lourdes Portillo

Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and…

— Jerry Saltz

I was anti-conformist.

— Sam Esmail

We grew up on Scorsese and Coppola and '70s crime thrillers.

— Joe Russo

I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

— David Cross

Among today's directors I'm of course impressed by Steven Spielberg and Scorsese, and Coppola, even if he seems to have ceased making films, and…

— Ingmar Bergman

[Akiro] Kurosawa, no doubt, was a big influence. Movies sometimes more than directors have influenced me: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Ford, was…

— Costa-Gavras

I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.

— Alexandre Desplat

Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and Robert Altman…

— James Gray

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all…

— Chika Anadu

I read biographies of people I think have either done excellent work or achieved a lot, and the common theme seems to be that…

— Patrick Cantlay