Filmmaker Quotes - page 4

I mean, there is a certain amount of exposition you have to have in films and how that exposition is handled tells you whether it's a good script or not, whether it's a good filmmaker or not. You know, the more exposition that can be handled without a character speaking it, the more thematic metaphors that you can do visually, to me that's a better situation. (Clancy Brown)
As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible. View quote
Charlie Kaufman
I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the filmmaker to pick from. View quote
Jonathan Nolan
You have to not be arrogant and say you know better, and you have to not thwart their creativity because they are creative people and they have a very different point-of-view than a filmmaker on how to get people in the seats. So, it's a balance, like everything in life, between keeping your focus and being overly constricting. So, if you want to be a filmmaker, you have to realize what a long arbiter a movie is cut of and shaped on, how many phases there are to it, and how long you have to be totally focused on your story and the movie itself, and how it seemed one way but making a film is really trench warfare. View quote
Rob Cohen
I didn’t at first because horror movies scared me too much, but I really do love the genre and it’s a playground where you can really be artistic and create ideas in the minds of the audience and portray the unreal. It’s very cool experimentation ground for a filmmaker. View quote
Sam Raimi
It all comes down to the great stories. The colorful and interesting characters that people can invest themselves in. The ones that they want to follow. That is the most critical thing for me. The second thing is, you have to have a filmmaker who gets it. Who has a passion for a character. Who has a vision for a character. Someone who really knows how to execute that vision. It's a hard thing to find. And its essential. The third thing is, and I have been in the trenches of Hollywood for thirty-five years, day by day, trying to make them understand this...Comic books and superheroes are not synonymous. View quote
Michael E. Uslan
I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs. View quote
Alexander Payne
Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see. View quote
Alexandre Aja
I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy. View quote
Andrew Dominik
I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel. View quote
Andrew Stanton
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs. (Ann Macbeth)
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention. View quote
Antoine Fuqua
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me? A publicist who's been there eight times. Getting there as a filmmaker was a completely surreal, different, unexpected experience. View quote
Ava DuVernay
David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer. View quote
Adam McKay
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not. View quote
Adam Wingard
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors. View quote
Bill Forsyth
When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level. View quote
Bill Paxton
I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else. View quote
Bryan Singer
Meek's Cutoff by Kelly Reichardt. It's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch to a story that takes place during a period of history that's very masculine, without losing any of the unforgiving harshness of the reality where the characters found themselves in. View quote
Chloe Zhao
I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things. View quote
Callie Khouri
As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution. (David Mackenzie)
I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film. View quote
Derek Magyar
I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals. View quote
Dermot Mulroney
It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts. View quote
Donnie Yen
Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more in-depth way than most kids that loved movies at that time. I'd find a filmmaker or something and want to see all his movies. View quote
Danny Strong