Cinema Quote by Christopher Guest

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those…

— Jay Roach

My advice to first time filmmakers is believe in yourself and the message you want to give in the film you are making.

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.

— Russell Crowe

I asked a director once what the secret of it all was, and he said you have to be so prepared that you are…

— Alex Kurtzman

In fact, my methodology is based on the idea of waiting for when inspiration arrives for the actors. And that means that the light,…

— Albert Serra

With most movies I've done before, I've done a lot of preparation. I've known about them long before [shooting], and I've prepped and changed…

— Noomi Rapace

If someone offers a film, I'm willing to do it if it's something I have not done before or pushes my boundary.

— Pooja Bhatt

Making films is too big an undertaking to be doing it on a whim, so you're waiting all the time, until you finally meet…

— Crispian Mills

As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.

— Yann Martel

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning.

— Peter Jackson

When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.

— Francois Truffaut

The truth about filmmaking is you have all these ideas and you're trying to convince everybody that they should buy into this idea, but…

— Gavid Hood