Achievement Quote by Shirley MacLaine

Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We have something…

— Claire Denis

Making a film is so scary, and there's such a kind of void that you're working from initially. I mean, you can have all…

— Todd Haynes

I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in which you…

— Jason Reitman

“Unlike film, real life rarely provides an opportunity for a retake," Ben said. "Perhaps that is why I like film so much. But I…

— Linda Olsson

Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of…

— Ben Affleck

I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to…

— Mira Nair

When I go to a film, you're taking it easy and you let things wash over you. That's what cinema's all about. You get…

— Mary Hansen

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

— Ang Lee

I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

— Barry Levinson

If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process.

— David Lynch

We tend to see films as artifacts of one mind. The reality of it is, I think, when you come out here and start…

— Travis Beacham

If a film works, you get more offers, appreciation and the latter is like oxygen. We survive on that.

— Ali