Filmmaking Quote by Robert Duvall Download Open image “Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.” — Robert Duvall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filmmaking Hollywood Mecca
Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Hollywood is, I always argue, has a great track record of making good films. — Murray Horwitz Copy Share Image
My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there. — Kitty Carlisle Copy Share Image
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a unique culture, which is Hollywood culture, and a unique way of life, which is the American way of life. But Hollywood has forgotten that, in the past, what made Hollywood great and what made it go… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share
Hollywood's never been that appealing a world to me. It's just not my thing. I, just as a dummy, thought that was the only… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Hollywood is such a fickle place, and you really have to go day to day and with the flow. Things happen so quickly, for… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems. — Willie Aames Copy Share Image
Hollywood is no longer the top. I love going to the cinema. I've always adored the idea of being in great, epic films. But… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.' — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode horses day and night for like three or… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. — Robert Duvall 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