Filmmaker Quote by John Milius Download Open image “The filmmakers always have a great level of control.” — John Milius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filmmaker Levels Power
I've seen a lot of movies get made where no one has control. No one likes it. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has. — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them. — Ken Adam Copy Share Image
We filmmakers are control freaks. For us, it's about bending the elements of a story into existence. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control. — Jackie Coogan Copy Share Image
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
In film work, you do the best you can under the given circumstances, but you don't have control. At least, I don't. — Michael Schoeffling Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done. — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked… — John Milius Copy Share Image
Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and… — John Milius Copy Share Image
You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified… — John Milius Copy Share Image
You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with… — John Milius Copy Share Image
Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500. — John Milius Copy Share Image
A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew… — John Milius Copy Share Image
Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it… — John Milius Copy Share Image
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills. — John Milius Copy Share Image
I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go… — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time. — James Mangold Copy Share Image
Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands… — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not. — Adam Wingard Copy Share Image
I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
