Cinema Quote by Robert Altman

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

— Noah Baumbach

I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.

— William Peter Blatty

[Akiro] Kurosawa, no doubt, was a big influence. Movies sometimes more than directors have influenced me: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Ford, was…

— Costa-Gavras

I drew influence from Mike Leigh, Ruben Ostlund, a lot of Scandinavian filmmakers, Lukas Moodysson. I also drew influence from horror films and thrillers,…

— Lulu Wang

I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

— Jeanne Moreau

I was very influenced by films and books like 'Serpico,' 'The French Connection,' and 'Prince of the City.' They were some of the reasons…

— Don Winslow

Whatever I was able to do with those experiences certainly contribute to whatever I'm able to do as a director. The corruption in that…

— Sean Penn

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all…

— Chika Anadu

My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped create my…

— Andrew Haigh

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

— Ted Rall

I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

— Ruskin Bond