Become Quote by Debra Granik

Every movie is unknown.

— Ang Lee

For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would…

— Oren Peli

If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.

— Patty Jenkins

Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.

— Mike Birbiglia

Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the…

— Alexis Bledel

If you're making a film, the one thing I've learned is you have to pick somebody really well-known to make it relevant.

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.

— Patrice Leconte

A film is its own thing and in an ideal world I think a film should be discovered knowing nothing and nothing should be…

— David Lynch

I don't want to make films that are so specialized that they're only accessible to people with prior knowledge or histories or references.

— Hito Steyerl

There's movies that I would've loved to be in that I just wasn't even considered for because they need a name. And that happens…

— Alden Ehrenreich

You need names to get the movie made.

— Laverne Cox

Every movie is like a little company, and any little thing can make it not work.

— Ryan Kavanaugh