Filmmaking Quotes

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.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium.

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking.

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

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.

Everything about filmmaking is incredibly weird, and there's nothing natural about watching yourself on the big screen or hearing your voice. It's that same thing that you feel when you watch yourself on a video camera and you hate the sound of your voice - it's that times 800.

Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking.

Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.