Filmmaking Quote by Nandita Das Download Open image “The biggest lesson that I have learnt from everyone is that there are no rules in filmmaking.” — Nandita Das ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filmmaking Lessons
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of rules before… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
There are so many rules about how you make a film and so many conventions that you can and can't do. I think people… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Whenever I work on a film, I have three rules. Only three and I tell them to every screenwriter. I say let's retain the… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole life making… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
That was my first Hollywood lesson: Just because you filmed a movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're in it. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
I believe there's one rule in Hollywood, and that's that there are no rules. — Doug Hutchison Copy Share Image
Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things. — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
The most important and invaluable lesson I've learnt in the past 20 years of being in filmdom is to never look back. — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
Acting is interesting because you get to be involved in different stories and get to work with different people. Also, acting allows one to… — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
The power of a good film is to engage you and draw you into its world. — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
When I watch a film, I watch only as an audience and only later I might analyse it. — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
Although I feel directing is a lot more challenging, fulfilling and satisfying, it is also far more stressful & consuming. This is why I… — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that perpetuate this… — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming, you're not… — James Woods Copy Share Image
I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope that's not… — Thom Andersen Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
I love the way the long scenes feel - one of the characteristics of '70s filmmaking is that you don't cut around a lot;… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
For me, it doesn't matter what kind of role I am doing. I just enjoy the process of acting and filmmaking. — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
Filmmaking seems more difficult but theatre comes with its own challenges. — Puneet Issar Copy Share Image
I've always traveled with the films because I want the audience to be my teacher so that I can learn for the next one. — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring. — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
Sometimes it wasn't even when we were knocking on doors, it would be, the phone would ring and somebody would say, "God told me… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
I studied English in college and approached filmmaking from a writing background while trying to learn as much as I could about the technical… — Susanna Fogel Copy Share Image