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Filmmaking Quotes

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand? Picture Quote #1

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I’d be pursuing filmmaking originally Picture Quote #1

I think by around the time I was about 8 or 9, the idea of filmmaking probably took hold. I made little Super 8 extravaganzas when I was a kid, the first being my own version of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and where I played all the parts except for Juliet Picture Quote #1

With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories Picture Quote #1

Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: ‘I’m gonna make that movie.’ Picture Quote #1

It’s all about loyalty and collaboration, gathering your gang around you, finding your soulmate in filmmaking because it is a collaborative process. When failure happens, that family you gathered regroups around you and gives you the fresh energy you’re lacking Picture Quote #1

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A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love with. So, those things, like the bloopers, create more reality and dimension, and the sense that these are not drawings or shadows, but they are living, breathing, thinking characters. That’s the illusion Picture Quote #1

There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that you are going to make a film and that the film is going to be OK, as well as the risks you have to take. You are never going to climb anything great if you don’t take risks Picture Quote #1

The biggest thing I have realized was that you have to choose your collaborators very carefully, and that not everybody can like you. The process of filmmaking is so difficult, there’s no point in doing it unless you can do it the way you want Picture Quote #1

I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don’t want them to ever feel bored, or that they’re being told what to think, or to feel depressed. I don’t like films about victims - I want to celebrate brave survivors like Brenda and the wonderful women in the film Picture Quote #1

The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and make the best film that you can then people will come Picture Quote #1

The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life Picture Quote #1

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I love actors, and I’m passionate about the creative process of acting and filmmaking Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it’s paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day, and it’s important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper Picture Quote #1

The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from ‘Brokeback...’ to ‘The Hulk.’ Picture Quote #1

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Some people live, eat and breathe art, and they love acting and filmmaking. I’ve got other loves. I love animals. I love teaching. I love kids. That’s always something in the back of my mind Picture Quote #1

I started doing my own animated movies when I was in ninth grade; that’s when I got the filmmaking bug. When I was about 16, I started writing jokes for doing stand up, and then I was 19 and started doing stand up Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself Picture Quote #1

The If you build it, they will come approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me Picture Quote #1

The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art and craft of filmmaking Picture Quote #1

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

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I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it’s also an art, but that’s for somebody else to decide Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Someone asked me the other day, ‘What’s the biggest influence on your filmmaking career?’ And they started naming filmmakers. I went ‘Naw, it’s Jesus actually.’ 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

I’m a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative Picture Quote #1

Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don’t believe in it. I like ups and downs. They’re the best way to translate my feelings to the screen Picture Quote #1

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Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand? (Filmmaking Quotes) I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I’d be pursuing filmmaking originally (Filmmaking Quotes) I think by around the time I was about 8 or 9, the idea of filmmaking probably took hold. I made little Super 8 extravaganzas when I was a kid, the first being my own version of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and where I played all the parts except for Juliet (Filmmaking Quotes) With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories (Filmmaking Quotes) Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: ‘I’m gonna make that movie.’ (Filmmaking Quotes) It’s all about loyalty and collaboration, gathering your gang around you, finding your soulmate in filmmaking because it is a collaborative process. When failure happens, that family you gathered regroups around you and gives you the fresh energy you’re lacking (Filmmaking Quotes) A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love with. So, those things, like the bloopers, create more reality and dimension, and the sense that these are not drawings or shadows, but they are living, breathing, thinking characters. That’s the illusion (Filmmaking Quotes) There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that you are going to make a film and that the film is going to be OK, as well as the risks you have to take. You are never going to climb anything great if you don’t take risks (Filmmaking Quotes) The biggest thing I have realized was that you have to choose your collaborators very carefully, and that not everybody can like you. The process of filmmaking is so difficult, there’s no point in doing it unless you can do it the way you want (Filmmaking Quotes) I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don’t want them to ever feel bored, or that they’re being told what to think, or to feel depressed. I don’t like films about victims - I want to celebrate brave survivors like Brenda and the wonderful women in the film (Filmmaking Quotes) The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and make the best film that you can then people will come (Filmmaking Quotes) The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life (Filmmaking Quotes) I love actors, and I’m passionate about the creative process of acting and filmmaking (Filmmaking Quotes) 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. (Filmmaking Quotes) The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it’s paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid. (Filmmaking Quotes) 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. (Filmmaking Quotes) Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day, and it’s important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper. (Filmmaking Quotes) The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from ‘Brokeback...’ to ‘The Hulk.’ (Filmmaking Quotes) Some people live, eat and breathe art, and they love acting and filmmaking. I’ve got other loves. I love animals. I love teaching. I love kids. That’s always something in the back of my mind. (Filmmaking Quotes) I started doing my own animated movies when I was in ninth grade; that’s when I got the filmmaking bug. When I was about 16, I started writing jokes for doing stand up, and then I was 19 and started doing stand up. (Filmmaking Quotes) When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself. (Filmmaking Quotes) The If you build it, they will come approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me (Filmmaking Quotes) The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art and craft of filmmaking. (Filmmaking 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. (Filmmaking Quotes) I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it’s also an art, but that’s for somebody else to decide. (Filmmaking Quotes) 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. (Filmmaking Quotes) Someone asked me the other day, ‘What’s the biggest influence on your filmmaking career?’ And they started naming filmmakers. I went ‘Naw, it’s Jesus actually.’ (Filmmaking 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. (Filmmaking Quotes) I’m a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative. (Filmmaking Quotes) Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don’t believe in it. I like ups and downs. They’re the best way to translate my feelings to the screen. (Filmmaking Quotes)

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