Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker.

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• I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I'm doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I'm gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • American
  • Might
  • Filmmaker

• All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Book
  • Soul
  • Film

• The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Story
  • Got
  • Filmmaker

• I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Want
  • Movies
  • Filmmaker

• I'm a filmmaker. I like to ask the questions, make others feel vulnerable. I don't want to be vulnerable.

  

  Jimmy Chin
  • Like
  • Feel
  • Questions

• You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the tutelage of this guy I so admired, both as a filmmaker and as a man.

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • Men
  • Guy
  • Imagine

• I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se.

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • Filmmaker
  • Journalist
  • Reviews

• There's no need there to sit with the filmmaker for 11 years to develop the script, or go round the world raising money.

  

  Tilda Swinton
  • World
  • Needs
  • Filmmaker

• The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea and I can pretty much execute it. As old as I am now and as long as I've been doing it, I can pretty much get it done in a week. While a filmmaker has a great idea that should be out tomorrow, but he has to go through this process of getting financing, then selling it, then casting. I've always been in awe of filmmakers and their patience in realizing their vision because I could never do that.

  

  Mike Patton Faith No More
  • Patience
  • Musician
  • Filmmaker

• It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an idea, embraces it, has kids and wants to make something exciting - well, they don't see that too often.

  

  Robert Rodriguez Chingon
  • Kids
  • Ideas
  • Film

• The comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing it up, cross-pollinating, not only in genres but in occupations.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Filmmaker

• You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star.

  

  Charlize Theron
  • Filmmaker
  • Box
  • Encouraged

• My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

  

  Sergio Leone
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Son

• There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker.

  

  Mike Mills
  • Kind
  • Anxiety
  • Watches

• Film is something I've always loved since I was very young. In fact, I actually wanted to study to be a filmmaker when I was younger.

  

  Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla Bajofondo
  • Love
  • Film
  • Study

• I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.

  

  Kasi Lemmons
  • Actress
  • Filmmaker
  • Offer

• I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society

  

  Susanne Bier
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Kind

• At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.

  

  Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
  • Stories
  • Filmmaker
  • Scale

• In 1666, an Act designed to promote the wool industry came into force, insisting that everyone should be buried in a woollen shroud. Other fibres, such as silk or linen, were banned.

  

  Catharine Arnold
  • Act
  • Industry
  • Buried

• The very concept of sin comes from the Bible. Christianity offers to solve a problem of its own making! Would you be thankful to a person who cut you with a knife in order to sell you a bandage?

  

  Dan Barker
  • Fear
  • Problem
  • Bible

• The experience, to create something from nothing and make it a huge success. It's the process that I love. Coming up with the melodies, picking the beat, the instrumentals, coming up with the lyrics. The process is a beautiful thing.

  

  De La Ghetto
  • Experience
  • Success
  • Process

• Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only have a little piece." Poor people don't believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have "nothing."

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • People
  • Believe
  • Why

• I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker.

  

  Melvin Van Peebles
  • Filmmaker
  • Sociologists