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My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them! — Frank Capra
I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the… — Christopher Nolan
In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is… — Norman McLaren
There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to do in order… — Bradley Cooper
The story of The Doors is one of the most compelling in the history of American rock music; three hugely talented musicians and a lead… — Unknown Author
I'VE NOTICED, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THE EXTERNAL, EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES IN A FILM ARE BASED ON THE FILMMAKER'S OWN MEMORY, ON THE KINSHIP… — Andrei Tarkovsky
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a… — Wesley Morris
I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from… — Joel Siegel
I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second… — Ava DuVernay
Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. — Ava DuVernay
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a… — Ava DuVernay
Movies become living organisms that graduate from a filmmaker's sphere of influence and pretty much look back and tell you how they need to be… — Steven Spielberg
I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point. — Kathryn Bigelow
Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart is always the… — Peter Guber
I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker. — Kevin Smith
I'm a filmmaker. I'm an artist. I've chosen to work in history the way someone might choose to work in still lifes or landscapes. — Ken Burns
When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds… — Jafar Panahi
What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker. — Antoine Fuqua
The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker. — Stanley Tucci
Chris Marker has a brilliant mind and heart and appetite for life, and it's a privilege to travel with him to whatever he chooses to… — Susan Sontag
It has been said that I have three heroes: Christ, Marx and Freud. This is reducing everything to formulae. In truth, my only hero is… — Pier Paolo Pasolini
As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and… — David Cronenberg
Your'e seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn how to be… — David Cronenberg
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does… — David Lynch
I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of… — Paul Haggis

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