Affected Quote by Michael Haneke

People make films for different reasons. For money. Or, they make them because something in them demands artistic expression. I do it because I…

— Woody Allen

For me, filmmaking is an ongoing self-reflection process. I kind of push everything to the edge. I feel very exposed and fragile when I…

— Tamer El Said

I'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better…

— Julie Ann Emery

When movies tend to start to preach to me, I tend to shut them off, whether I agree with the message or not. I…

— Nick Damici

When you're working in the [film] industry and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick…

— Asa Butterfield

Emotionally, light very much influences, I feel, the audience. It's not something that most audience members are conscious of, which is a good thing,…

— Greig Fraser

There's a real tension between it being a collaborative art process, which is almost like performance art of yourself, and, as we talk about…

— Robert Greene

Some movies I make for myself. I just sort of make them for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very…

— Steven Spielberg

I don't approach my movies with a target audience in mind. I try to make something that's true to the subject matter as much…

— Kelly Asbury

When you make a film, you realize that the audience will be powerless to stop it or flip back to refresh their memories or…

— Milos Forman

As a filmmaker, if your personality is not reflected in your movies, then what are you doing, why are you making films?

— Anubhav Sinha

I've grown up in the film industry and I've been watching them, analyzing them, laughing at them, totally understanding them and getting their point…

— Zoya Akhtar