“It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.” ThinkingFilmActorsToo MuchDangerousMovieDisagreeFilmmakingPopularityContestsPopularity Contest Author:Julia Leigh
“Pain is temporary, film is forever.” FunnyPainFilmForeverFilmmakerMovieTemporaryFilmmakingPain Is Temporary Author:Michael J. Fox
“Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.” PeopleTogetherFilmActorsProcessMovieFilmmaking Author:Olivia Thirlby
“I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.” WantSchoolFilmActingFilmmakingFilm School Author:Art Alexakis
“In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.” YearsLastsFilmFoundEffortSawsTenAffectedFilmmakingStanding OutAstonishingArtistryAmerican FilmWorkmanship Author:Irvin Kershner
“I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksHandsFilmGuyActorsCuttingStudentsMovieTapeFilmmakingBladesNobody KnowsRazorsCameronHandmade Author:Dileep Rao
“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.” ThinkingEnoughFilmActorsAsksAsk MeMovieDisappointedFilmmakingBrosWarner Bros Author:Richard Donner
“I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.” HardStoriesFilmLife IsActorsCamerasThings In LifeFilmmakingHard ThingsGood Films Author:Matthew Vaughn
“When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.” FilmStudyNew YorkMy FriendsDoctorsScriptsFascinatedFilmmakingCorrections Author:Arjun Rampal
“In the end, you really want to make the best film that you can, and in the reality of the filmmaking world, you have things like budgets.” WorldWantEndsRealityFilmBudgetsFilmmakingBest Film Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I love the new technology in terms of giving access to doing more independent work. When I first started out, any film had to rent from Panavision and the expenses were humongous. Now, given the advances in technology, you can put out extraordinary quality filmmaking at nothing like the price it used to be.” GivingFirstsFilmUsedGivenTermQualityTechnologyIndependentExtraordinaryAccessUsed To BeExpensesFilmmakingNew Technology Author:Kathleen Turner
“I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.” LittlesMadeFilmCamerasFilmmaking Author:Bahman Ghobadi
“I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.” MadeShowsFilmAcknowledgeFilmmakerFilmmaking Author:David Shapiro
“My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.” WritingTwoIdeasWholeFilmYoungGirlThreeProcessUnderstandingWatchesGoneChildhoodScriptsDialogueNo IdeaEtcFilmmakingScreenplaysBollywoodWriting Scripts Author:Rani Mukerji