Filmmaking Quote by Terry Gilliam Download Open image “Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.” — Terry Gilliam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filmmaking Important Patience Talent
Talent alone doesn't matter in this industry, and everyone knows this. If someone says, 'Good films are done', 'Talent always survives', there are other… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
It's the people that ultimately are less talented or have less confidence in what they're doing that then try to micro-manage, which lends itself… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
I understand that everything is dictated by market value. But cinema is also an art. It saddens me to see great talent languishing for… — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent. — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process. — Karthik Subbaraj Copy Share Image
The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it –… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what… — Terry Gilliam 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