Filmmaking Quotes
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In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.
Irvin Kershner -
The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me.
Rick Moranis
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
R. J. Cutler -
I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
Sam Jaeger -
When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
Park Chan-wook -
I think filmmaking is a strange animal because it's anti-Democratic and collective at the same time, but I think it's all about not trying to know everything better than everybody else but making the right choices.
Niels Arden Oplev -
I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.
J. Lee Thompson -
I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
Fede Alvarez
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Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.
Ed Wood -
I'm a proud filmmaker, but everyone seems to have forgotten that. You're introduced, and someone will say, 'Arrey! Karan Johar! He does talk shows! He's judge!' And now my filmmaking has been lost, all my other accomplishments forgotten.
Karan Johar -
Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
Vera Farmiga -
My knock with filmmaking is the whole bureaucracy around it, so in some ways, staying outside of it is easier for me.
Harmony Korine -
Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
Harmony Korine -
'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very lean filmmaking.
Taylor Sheridan
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Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.
Lars von Trier -
Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
Garth Davis -
Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
Olivia Thirlby -
As a filmmaker whose first film was made with the DIY tools of digital cinema, I love how the democratization of the filmmaking process and platforms like YouTube enables people to tell stories that in previous generations simply could not be told.
Barry Jenkins -
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
Abel Ferrara -
Next to filmmaking and stuff like that, skiing is my favorite thing. I go skiing in Aspen - everywhere. I have been skiing since I was 4. I just love it. I feel so free.
Sage Stallone
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Kodak has always represented innovation that is approachable while delivering the craft of filmmaking.
Yves Behar -
I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
Yahoo Serious -
I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more on the story and the characters. I think that there is something about dirty, gritty and raw filmmaking that makes it feel a little more natural and makes it easier to connect with the action.
Oren Peli