Back Quote by Mike Birbiglia

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

— Todd Lieberman

There are filmmakers who get lucky with the first film itself, and then there are some of us who have to face difficulties.

— Mani Ratnam

It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being…

— Roger Ebert

I think it's important that your first film be your worst film, that one's life trajectory should go up.

— Kevin Pollak

Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get back to,…

— Danny Boyle

I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

— John Waters

My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget…

— Lauren Bacall

The hardest thing, as a director, is that it's never right. Nothing you do is ever right. It's never exactly how you envision it.…

— David Ayer

People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first…

— James Caan

Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.

— Alfonso Cuaron

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history…

— William H. Macy