Adages Quote by Paul Thomas Anderson

“Most of filmmaking is common sense. If you stay on your toes and think about how to do a thing, it’s right there.”

— David Lynch

The worst thing you can do to a filmmaker is to walk out of his film and go, 'That was a nice movie.' But…

— Paul Haggis

You know you are in a good film when it affects the audience.

— Rhys Ifans

One can never anticipate how audiences will respond. One of the lessons that I've learned over the years is to that no matter what…

— Delroy Lindo

You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience.

— Naomi Watts

For me, once the film is out, it belongs to the audience, and I have to be open to any reaction that comes from…

— Claudia Llosa

I am thankful for the fact that the audience doesn't expect common, run-of-the-mill films from me. But the fact of the matter is that…

— Shoojit Sircar

“The Joke...Audience as reflexive cast; 35 mm. X2 cameras;variable length; black and white, silent. Parody of Hollis Frampton’s ‘audience-specific events,’ two Ikegami EC-35 video…

— David Foster Wallace

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

— Lars von Trier

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.

— Christopher Nolan

Sociologists say that going to the movies is a bonding experience. It probably has to do with the way you feet stick to the…

— Robert Orben

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin,…

— Danny Boyle