“I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine that I'm an audience member. I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience. There are other types of genre films that I need to be able to direct from the audience, to be right next to you watching the picture being made.” IfsNeedsMadeSometimesMatterAbleFilmNextLosesAudienceToo MuchImagineSubjectsTypeMembersDirectGenreSensitiveImagine ThatSubject Matter Author:Steven Spielberg
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.” MadeMomentsFilmDecisionHalfHavensExampleProjectsShotsTrainDefeatStuckOccasionsGoing To WorkRunaway Author:Steven Spielberg
“I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got enough opportunities to showcase their talents on the big screens.” MadeEnoughBigsFilmOpportunityFeltWonderfulTalentDirectorsScreensBig ScreenShowcase Author:Arin Paul
“I feel I've made the transition from model to actress, but I'm not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O'Neill - we all know that a few films don't mean all that much.” KnowsFeelsMeanMadeFilmModelsActressesSecureTransitionJenniferLauren Author:Maud Adams
“If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.” IfsMenWayGivingFeelsYearsLooksMadeAgeFilmGuyBecomingGiving UpPercentGravesComing Of AgeAdmittingBecoming A Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.” MadeTwoIdeasHardWould BeWantedFilmActorsAudienceTeamInternationalFatsNo Idea Author:John Woo
“When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.” LittlesMadeRealFilmPoorRoundsLondonHillsShootingDocumentariesSlumsNotting Hill Author:David Suchet
“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.” FeelsKindMadeDifferentSchoolPastFilmCareersComedyCoupleDramaBunchDifferent KindsMy PastFilm School Author:Adam Shankman
“I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.” FeelsTryingMadeCharacterFilmInvisibleFilmmakerAspire Author:Spike Jonze
“I still haven't made a film that defines who I am.” MadeStillsFilmHavensWho I Am Author:Jennifer Tilly
“I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt.” WorldMadeFilmGamesIndustryEasierBaseballDebtMade ItEntrancesFilm Industry Author:Chuck Connors
“I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.” FeelsHas BeensMadeCountryFilmBornMetsProfoundFantasticAdmirationItalianCould Have BeenJanuary Author:David Lynch
“My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we went insane.” WayLittlesMadeFilmToo MuchCrazyAccessInsaneMade ItVietnamEquipmentJungle Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“The zombie threat is made worse by the fact that their victims then turn into the creature that attacked them. This too is similar to other monsters (werewolves and vampires) and also similar to the sub-genre of infection/plague films. In the case of zombies, however, this may carry a greater sense of dread and revulsion: vampires and werewolves can be seen as desirable, potent, intelligent, virile creatures whom one might like -- in some way at least -- to become; a mindless ghoul condemned to wander aimlessly across an empty, ruined earth seems much less attractive.” WayMayMadeFactsSeemsMightEarthFilmTurnsCasesGreaterCreaturesEmptyIntelligentVictimThreatMonstersWanderVampireGenreAttractiveDreadRuinedDesirableZombiePlagueWerewolfInfectionMindlessGhoulsRevulsion Author:Kim Paffenroth
“Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius.” PeopleMadeSometimesFilmFacesCreativeHeardGeniusMiraculousCreative Genius Author:Roger Ebert
“Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.” FirstsMadeStoriesHappensFilmCertainInterestLosesSubtleHighwaysInfluential Author:Imtiaz Ali
“Painting, by its nature, cannot provide an object of simultaneous collective reception... as film is able to do today... And while efforts have been made to present paintings to the masses in galleries and salons, this mode of reception gives the masses no means of organizing and regulating their response. Thus, the same public which reacts progressively to a slapstick comedy inevitably displays a backward attitude toward Surrealism.” GivingMeanHas BeensMadeTodayAbleFilmEffortAttitudeComedyObjectsPaintingMassResponseCollectivesDisplayGallerySurrealismReceptionSimultaneousSalonsSlapstick Author:Walter Benjamin
“African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.” MadeFilmCareersMillionsParticularIncrediblesAfrican AmericanBuyingConsistentlyAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenBuying Power Author:Lynn Nottage
“Anybody that makes films knows the film is never finished. It's abandoned or it's ripped out of your hands, and it's thrown into the marketplace, never finished. It's a very rare experience where you find a filmmaker who says, "That's exactly what I wanted. I got everything I needed. I made it just perfect. I'm going to put it out there."” KnowsMadeHandsWantedFilmPerfectNeededFinishedMade ItFilmmakerThrownAbandonedMarketplaceRipped Author:George Lucas