Character Quote by Mike Figgis

I do have a strong desire to make films that will take the audience to some uncharted places both tonally and emotionally.

— Frank Coraci

I want to make big movies that appeal to a lot of people. That's satisfying to me.

— Steve Antin

Making a movie is, for me, like painting. I just enjoy the care that goes into every brushstroke and the choice of every color.…

— Abbie Cornish

I want the look of a movie to be secondary. I really want people to be engaged in the story and the characters and…

— Nicole Holofcener

I don't normally do big movies. I'm new to this world. And I've always been afraid that jumping onto a big budget film, you…

— Anne Hathaway

If you have that group of people who are both nice and also creative, then you have surprises like a room with monkeys in…

— Richard Shepard

Filmmaking is so heavy: there are so many people and trucks and teamsters and costume people and hair people and makeup people. I try…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

I never really make a film unless I feel like it's going to be personal and intimate, but also relevant to the audience.

— Ondi Timoner

When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal…

— Taika Waititi

I can't do the movies like I do painting because I am really more of a sort of dilettante or something. I mean I…

— Red Grooms

You could easily spend several lifetimes trying to master film. It make very good use of all the things that I love. Narrative, image-making,…

— Dave McKean

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

— Jodie Foster