Audience Quote by James Frain

You always make a film with the hope that all types of people will want to see your work and that it doesn't matter…

— Regina King

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great…

— John Lasseter

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

— Sofia Coppola

If you take the time and put in the effort to write your own material and absolutely refuse to be denied the right to…

— Denzel Washington

Making a movie is like a chess game. It's about constantly changing patterns, adapting to new things. It's not just black and white, as…

— Tom Cruise

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the…

— Atom Egoyan

I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.

— Rakshit Shetty

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

— Ray Harryhausen

A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good a job…

— George Lucas

What you write sets the visual style for the film. But you have to compromise your style in your first few films before people…

— Mani Ratnam

Whenever you make a film, all you really want is for an audience to connect with it in some way.

— Gareth Evans