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252 Filmmaking quotes by 193 unique authors

I mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity. — Baz Luhrmann
Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen… — David Lynch
Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration. — James McAvoy
I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing. — Robert Morgan
I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing. — Christopher Nolan
The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture. — Christopher Nolan
What is filmmaking but groping in the dark? — Alexander Payne
I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. — Alexander Payne
The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control is the character… — John C. Reilly
Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen… — Jason Reitman
People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I don't. I don't… — Jason Reitman
Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of… — Jason Reitman
'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking… — Eli Roth
I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it. — Gus Van Sant
Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. — Gus Van Sant
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. — Martin Scorsese
Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was. — Martin Scorsese
I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking. — Steven Spielberg
My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I… — Steven Spielberg
When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all… — Steven Spielberg
I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking. — Charlize Theron
Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture. — Ed Wood
I think naturally I'm a very visual kind of person. If I wasn't in filmmaking, I'd be in something related to visuals. And I used… — Neill Blomkamp
It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me and you is… — Werner Herzog
Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves… — Andrei Tarkovsky

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