Filmmaker Quotes

424 quotes by 302 authors

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky
As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it. — Darren Aronofsky
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and… — Darren Aronofsky
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It… — Paul Auster
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a… — Drew Barrymore
When I did 'E.T.,' it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification… — Drew Barrymore
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender,… — Kathryn Bigelow
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. — Theodore Bikel
As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. — Jeff Bridges
I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food. — Alton Brown
It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.'… — Tim Burton
I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would like to take… — Nicolas Cage
I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all. — James Cameron
I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an… — James Cameron
My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. — Charlie Chaplin
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. — Jean Cocteau
My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker. — Robert Wise
I'm a filmmaker who decided to go to culinary school. All I picked up was the fact if I didn't understand what was going on… — Alton Brown

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