Best Filmmakers Wisdom

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For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming… — Bernardo Bertolucci
I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak to each other… — Shane Carruth
The Danish filmmakers are a unique breed of filmmakers, with the Dogme films and Lars von Trier. — Pierce Brosnan
Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time. — Rob Reiner
Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment. — Ridley Scott
Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. — Ridley Scott
I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be… — Spike Jonze
I think with a lot of filmmakers, their first film is their best film because they had to think on their feet and solve problems… — Peter Dinklage
We know as filmmakers where you draw the line. — Jerry Bruckheimer
I think there is a feeling of old Hitchcock in there. There are parts that are tributes to some of the old great horror movies… — Gina Philips
Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films without narrators. — Bruce Jackson
When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself… — Abbas Kiarostami
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing. — Ben Whishaw
I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to tell… — Ava DuVernay
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. — Ava DuVernay
I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers:… — Krzysztof Kieslowski
This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. — Dennis Farina
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a… — David Cronenberg
It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the… — Cameron Crowe
It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and… — Ben Gazzara
It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe… — Joel Coen
I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure… — Ted Demme
I attribute so much of my career to luck. My mother always told me that luck is preparation meets opportunity. And I've been given extraordinary… — Anne Hathaway
I don't feel like I have constant media attention. It feels like a grey area to me because, and I know Chris agrees with this,… — Mandy Moore

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