“Filmmaking is like playing in your imagination and getting paid to do it. I guess I'll ride this horse until it bucks me.” Quote by Nicholas Ozeki
“A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember playing all movies in my head hundreds of times before they were ever made. You have to see it in your imagination. It has to be real to you.” MadeRealStoriesRememberOrderImaginationVisionFilmmakerBeing RealCompellingDistinctiveGreat Vision Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“Making a film is like raising a child. You have to be there every step of the way, guide it, provide for it, and finally let it go into the real world and hope you have done a good job. If you don't absolutely love your film then you will loss interest in it and the movie will suffer.” IfsWorldWayChildrenRealDoneJobsFilmSufferingInterestLossStepsLove YouGuidesReal WorldGood JobLet It GoRaising ChildrenEvery Step Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with your art no matter what comes your way.” WayArtEndsMatterCreativeNo Matter WhatSticksPreparedThe End Of The DayFilmmakingSheerBe Prepared Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“You have to believe in yourself and always strive for the best. Whether that is getting the best actor, the most talented cinematographer, or the best location for your story, you have to have the hunger to want it and be willing to do what it takes to get it. A filmmaker should never be satisfied with their work. There should always be something that they want to improve on.” WantShouldBelieveStoriesActorsWillingStriveHungerSatisfiedFilmmakerBelieve In YourselfLocationBelieve In YouCinematographers Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“We're at a period where our society is at the end of a cycle, where all the sudden the values that we were told were important don't seem to have that much importance nowadays.” ImportantEndsSeemsValuesPeriodsImportanceOur SocietyCycles Author:Jean-Marc Barr
“As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract. He didn't let her. She did 'Psycho,' and I believe, if you look at 'Psycho,' there isn't one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone.” IfsKnowsBelieveLooksWantedSpeakI BelieveTerribleMilesContractsPsychoHitchcockTerrible Times Author:Tippi Hedren
“I don't need the definition of society, I'll just do my little thing in my corner and I'll be satisfied. I think that's important nowadays.” ThinkingNeedsLittlesImportantDefinitionsCornersSatisfiedLittle Things Author:Jean-Marc Barr
“Nowadays we are forced with so many things in life in society that all of the sudden we are no longer in tune with our soul, and if you can find a channel to that soul, its dark, and you've got to be able to look at it, with joy, because you're willing to look at it.” IfsLooksSoulAbleJoyDarkWillingTunesThings In Life Author:Jean-Marc Barr
“You realize true magic of cinema when you put the right people together, at the right time, with the right kind of project, where they're not worried about their salary, they're not worried about their caravan.” PeopleKindTogetherRealizingMagicProjectsWorriedCinemaRight TimeSalaryCaravans Author:Jean-Marc Barr
“9/11 was a signal that we were living in a new world - a world of interdependence, a world in which people could attack the United States not from the outside, but from the inside. It was a sign that the United States, the most powerful country in the world, could watch the cathedral of capitalism at the Trade Center and the heart of its defense at the Pentagon be struck internally, not really across borders, so that borders don't matter anymore.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryMatterStatesUnitedPowerfulWatchesUnited StatesCapitalismTradeDefenseBordersMost PowerfulNew WorldSignalsCathedralsInterdependencePentagonPowerful Countries Author:Benjamin Barber