“I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.” Quote by Sofia Coppola
“I've always traveled with the films because I want the audience to be my teacher so that I can learn for the next one.” WantI CanFilmNextAudienceTeacherDirectorsFilmmakingTraveledThe Next One Author:Sally Potter
“Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.” LooksFilmFourWonderfulDirectorsDirectSevenFilmmakingArabiaSamuraiWonderful LifeSearchersIt's A Wonderful LifeLawrence Of Arabia Author:Steven Spielberg
“Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You know, to help you tell a story.” KnowsWayHelpingStoriesActingDirectorsMusic IsToolsProductionsPostsFilmmakerFilmmakingEditingCostumesCinematographyPost Production Author:Spike Lee
“I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film.” FirstsFilmFiguresDirectorsTrackFilmmakingApartmentLocationGeographyRailwayCanals Author:Claire Denis
“I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.” IfsFeelsKindRealActionPainGamesAudienceViolenceDirectorsVideoFilmmakingReal Pain Author:Takeshi Kitano
“Don't try and change things for other people. Don't try and be persuaded by producers and people to change your vision. If you stick to your vision and you're true to yourself, it kind of works. I mean, it's tough. It's a big Fitzcarraldo journey, but then you'll have your good karma at the end of the day. You'll have your good soul. You know, if you start to sell little bits of it, you, you become nothing and nobody, and you don't have any vision remaining.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingKindMeanLittlesSoulEndsBigsBitsVisionJourneyDirectorsLittle BitToughSellsSticksKarmaProducersThe End Of The DayFilmmakingTrue To YourselfGood KarmaGood Souls Author:Lynne Ramsay
“I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible' and take any job you can that will get you experience. I also did a lot for free. I got paid virtually nothing for my first film, but it changed my life.” ThinkingFirstsMeanJobsFilmChangedDirectorsPaidFilmmakingRoutesChanged My Life Author:Mary Harron
“Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet. In one sense, it's about protecting yourself; in another sense, it's about always being open to surprise, even from the set, because there may be some detail that you hadn't noticed. I think this is crucial. There are many pictures that seem good in so many ways except one: They lack a sense of surprise, they've never left the page.” ThinkingWayMayInspirationSeemsLeftQuietDirectorsPagesDrawsSurpriseDetailsBlockCrucialFilmmakingLocationAll AloneSetups Author:Martin Scorsese
“Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.” KnowsWantHardMightViewsDirectorsJokesWhat You WantFilmmaking Author:Zoe Cassavetes