Best Filmmaker Sayings
424 Filmmaker quotes by 297 unique authors
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I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.
— Derek Magyar
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It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the individuals being portrayed.…
— Unknown Author
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I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a…
— Stanley Kubrick
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I don't think that writers or painters or filmmakers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something that they feel.…
— Stanley Kubrick
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The field (of filmmaking) is suddenly sexy, ... so it's deluged with these wannabes who say 'I don't want to be a secret agent, I'll…
— John Landis
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It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to…
— Katrina Kaif
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Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you know…
— Cameron Crowe
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You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
— Ralph Bakshi
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There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
— Frank Capra
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There's nothing creative about living within your means.
— Francis Ford Coppola
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I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much…
— Nicholas Meyer
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I think it's a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don't feel that. You are all my guests, it's not the…
— Lars von Trier
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
— Banksy
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There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a…
— Edward Zwick
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When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.
— Bill Paxton
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Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.
— Sydney Pollack
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(When asked what a director does) I help.
— Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Film is a battleground.
— Samuel Fuller
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There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker
— Mike Figgis
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Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.
— Griffin Dunne
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Movies took you right up to the edge but kept you safe.
— John Updike
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I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.
— Edward Zwick
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Self-plagiarism is style.
— Alfred Hitchcock
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A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
— Alan Parker
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If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.
— Frank Capra
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