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I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals. — Dermot Mulroney
I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that. — Andrea Arnold
I'm only a stupid filmmaker. — Roland Emmerich
You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't. — Sam Mendes
But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really. — Billy Boyd
I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd… — Paul Bettany
I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor. — Bradley Cooper
An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have… — Alejandro Amenabar
I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker. — David Antin
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to… — Morris Chestnut
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me? A… — Ava DuVernay
A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on… — Joe Dante
What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh,… — Ted Demme
And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades, you see that… — Warwick Davis
But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor. — Evan Glodell
There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated. — Dan Glickman
The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers. — Greta Gerwig
I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in… — Matthew Gray Gubler
No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that… — Jeff Abbott
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept… — Antoine Fuqua
Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are… — Asghar Farhadi
Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You know, to help… — Spike Lee
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once… — Jane Campion
I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the… — Jarvis Cocker
For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. — Peter Greenaway

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