Best Filmmaker Quotes

424 Filmmaker quotes by 297 unique authors

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook — Sean Astin
Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for rent. The hotel is an… — Patti Smith
It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond… — George Lucas
You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story. — Q-Tip
Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. I have enjoyed her work for years and been amazed at… — Gus Van Sant
For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world. — Donnie Wahlberg
That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel. — Edward Burns
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. John… — Ben Gazzara
I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen. — Alex Winter
Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do? — Eva Marie Saint
I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, ‘I might read a script and love it, but it’s all about the filmmaker.’… — Shiloh Fernandez
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all… — Martin Scorsese
I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' I've made a number of pictures in the last 20… — Martin Scorsese
Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king. — John Waters
It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there. — Donal Logue
A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the filmmakers. I think that The Game is… — David Fincher
What I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel is supposed to… — Christopher Nolan
What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that chance! Violent films… — Quentin Tarantino
My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and… — Paul Thomas Anderson
I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, Im aware… — Maggie Stiefvater
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film… — Akira Kurosawa
We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in… — Ann Macbeth
Well, he's got a much bigger circus to play with, and he has a lot more financing available, and he has a lot more time… — Michael Madsen
The world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin. It is just fascinating that Michael Mann has never been asked what it… — Unknown Author
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library." — Austin Kleon

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