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Filmmaker Quotes

Ah, there’s a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who’s, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he’s a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything Picture Quote #1

For filmmakers who’ve made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I’m bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper Picture Quote #1

I always wanted to be a filmmaker, but I started acting when I was 9 years old. I looked a certain part that I wasn’t, really. I played, you know, a high school jock with a lot of attitude or a spoiled rich kid, and I was neither of those things. I was from a very working-class family in Van Nuys Picture Quote #1

You can’t turn up at college in stilettos and say you’re gonna be a filmmaker. In the college, they were teaching me avant-garde filmmaking, where I had to make films that were, like, an hour long about nothing. I just refused to do it Picture Quote #1

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen Picture Quote #1

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Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody’s going to like it. I felt like that kind of grew me up a little bit into a professional. I was a student filmmaker, and no one writes reviews about student films Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end Picture Quote #1

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life Picture Quote #1

To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being Picture Quote #1

There are consequences with age, so you have to evolve. I’ve loved becoming a filmmaker. But I would love to continue modeling, and there isn’t really any job for me. It’s being marginalized - that’s the sad part Picture Quote #1

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Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I’ve ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience Picture Quote #1

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I’m always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further Picture Quote #1

For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend who’s a photographer or filmmaker Picture Quote #1

If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn’t have ended up being a filmmaker Picture Quote #1

Alternate between short films, long form films, with or without stars, small budget or big budget films. Basically a filmmaker needs to be flexible Picture Quote #1

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I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination of a great book and a great filmmaker, what could be better for the composer? Picture Quote #1

One of the things I’ve learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that’s an actor I’m working with, the subject matter, or a book Picture Quote #1

I’m a filmmaker, so I always think: When is the breaking point? Sometimes you’ve got to go beyond the breaking point, and then you catch it. When is long enough? It’s one of those things you have to look at, walk away, and go home and find out what it is Picture Quote #1

And as a filmmaker, I’m trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don’t believe that Picture Quote #1

The Movie’ is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it Picture Quote #1

My dad made a film called ‘Willow’ when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards Picture Quote #1

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Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn’t be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past Picture Quote #1

I think it’s important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you’ve got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances Picture Quote #1

Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience Picture Quote #1

I saw ‘A Clockwork Orange’ when I was 11. When you watch ‘Clockwork Orange’ at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter Picture Quote #1

You’re not really just a filmmaker that makes a movie good most of the time. It’s everybody involved; it’s a collective effort Picture Quote #1

You know, my dad wasn’t a photographer or filmmaker by profession, but on Sundays, he would take pictures of me and my family or his pals horseback riding, and it was a means of communication and affection, a means of not being so dysfunctional with each other Picture Quote #1

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Ah, there’s a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who’s, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he’s a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art. (Filmmaker Quotes) I’m pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything. (Filmmaker Quotes) For filmmakers who’ve made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I’m bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper. (Filmmaker Quotes) I always wanted to be a filmmaker, but I started acting when I was 9 years old. I looked a certain part that I wasn’t, really. I played, you know, a high school jock with a lot of attitude or a spoiled rich kid, and I was neither of those things. I was from a very working-class family in Van Nuys. (Filmmaker Quotes) You can’t turn up at college in stilettos and say you’re gonna be a filmmaker. In the college, they were teaching me avant-garde filmmaking, where I had to make films that were, like, an hour long about nothing. I just refused to do it. (Filmmaker Quotes) There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen. (Filmmaker Quotes) Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody’s going to like it. I felt like that kind of grew me up a little bit into a professional. I was a student filmmaker, and no one writes reviews about student films. (Filmmaker Quotes) 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. (Filmmaker Quotes) I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end. (Filmmaker Quotes) Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life. (Filmmaker Quotes) To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being. (Filmmaker Quotes) There are consequences with age, so you have to evolve. I’ve loved becoming a filmmaker. But I would love to continue modeling, and there isn’t really any job for me. It’s being marginalized - that’s the sad part. (Filmmaker Quotes) Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I’ve ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience. (Filmmaker Quotes) Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I’m always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further. (Filmmaker Quotes) For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend who’s a photographer or filmmaker. (Filmmaker Quotes) If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn’t have ended up being a filmmaker. (Filmmaker Quotes) Alternate between short films, long form films, with or without stars, small budget or big budget films. Basically a filmmaker needs to be flexible. (Filmmaker Quotes) I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person’s body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema. (Filmmaker Quotes) I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination of a great book and a great filmmaker, what could be better for the composer? (Filmmaker Quotes) One of the things I’ve learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that’s an actor I’m working with, the subject matter, or a book. (Filmmaker Quotes) I’m a filmmaker, so I always think: When is the breaking point? Sometimes you’ve got to go beyond the breaking point, and then you catch it. When is long enough? It’s one of those things you have to look at, walk away, and go home and find out what it is. (Filmmaker Quotes) And as a filmmaker, I’m trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don’t believe that. (Filmmaker Quotes) The Movie’ is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it. (Filmmaker Quotes) My dad made a film called ‘Willow’ when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards. (Filmmaker Quotes) Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn’t be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past. (Filmmaker Quotes) I think it’s important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you’ve got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances. (Filmmaker Quotes) Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience. (Filmmaker Quotes) I saw ‘A Clockwork Orange’ when I was 11. When you watch ‘Clockwork Orange’ at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter. (Filmmaker Quotes) You’re not really just a filmmaker that makes a movie good most of the time. It’s everybody involved; it’s a collective effort. (Filmmaker Quotes) You know, my dad wasn’t a photographer or filmmaker by profession, but on Sundays, he would take pictures of me and my family or his pals horseback riding, and it was a means of communication and affection, a means of not being so dysfunctional with each other. (Filmmaker Quotes)

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