Cinema Quote by Sydney Pollack

Filmmaking is, a sort of uncontrolled process. I think it's very important to be open to the unexpected and at the same time, of…

— Dagur Kari

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with your art…

— Nicholas Ozeki

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

— Drew Goddard

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

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

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that by trying.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I've learned one general thing in filmmaking: to work with one strong idea. One strong concept that pushes you to work in a certain…

— Darius Khondji

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

— Rajiv Menon

People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about.…

— Peter Guber

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk it through…

— Miguel Sapochnik

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who…

— Karl Urban

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for…

— Seth Gordon