Am Quote by Frances McDormand

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Conrad Hall

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they…

— Michael Emerson

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

— Mike White

As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or…

— Charlie Kaufman

Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job…

— Bruce Springsteen

If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.

— Peter Greenaway

The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality…

— Ramin Bahrani

I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way.

— Rob Marshall

In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm…

— Boyd Holbrook

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding…

— Christopher Nolan

I write and film history; I don't make it. One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached…

— Jean-Luc Godard

It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I kind of…

— Martin McDonagh