Filmmaker Quote by Billy Bob Thornton Download Open image “I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers.” — Billy Bob Thornton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filmmaker Inspirational Love Novelists
I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them. — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way. — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm more of a screenwriter than I am a fiction writer. I'm more of a reader than a film-watcher, so I… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Novels have become equally important to me as films. I consider myself a storyteller and passionately engaged in both of those disciplines. — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles that maybe it's just not there, in other words on the page. You know, I mean your job is you need to play the governor and that's what you do. I mean I'm not going to stay up… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on television. They… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go… — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time. — James Mangold Copy Share Image
Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands… — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not. — Adam Wingard Copy Share Image
I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
