“All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory.” TryingStillsSchoolFilmProcessStudyTheoryWork OutBotherLearning ProcessFilm School Author:Terry Gilliam
“As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my god, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'” TryingReasonFilmActorsFansSpokesBeing Cool Author:Rafe Spall
“I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtImportantMatterFilmSufferingHeardShameNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsClimateStriveGreedCorporateKeep TryingCorporate Greed Author:Paddy Considine
“Even going to college, getting my degree in Radio TV and Film, as I was approaching the time when you have to decide on a major, I kept trying to figure out what would be the best major to enhance what I am doing as a performer.” TryingWould BeFilmFiguresCollegeTvsDegreesMajorsRadioBeing The BestPerformersGoing To College Author:Jeff Dunham
“What I try to do is make sure that the directors I'm working with are on the same page and want to do the same kind of films. You can really protect yourself as an actor if you work with really good people. It can hide a lot of flaws along the way.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingKindFilmActorsDirectorsProtectPagesFlawsGood PeopleProtect Yourself Author:George Clooney
“if you think it so easy to be a critic, so difficult to be a poet or a painter or film experimenter, may I suggest you try both? You may discover why there are so few critics, so many poets.” IfsThinkingTryingMayFilmEasyDifficultPoetCriticsPainter Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.” PeopleTryingFilmCausesExistenceViolenceDangerousOneselfMovieShields Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.” WantFeelsTryingDoneFilmCareersDirectorsNew Things Author:Jean-Marc Vallee
“I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain ceiling that a woman filmmaker can reach. I don't believe that it's sexism per se, but there are certain expectations in the industry about what films should be, how they should be made, what stories they should tell, and it's a habit, it's a tradition.” ThinkingShouldTryingBelieveLooksMadeStoriesFilmCertainInfluenceIndustryHabitExpectationsTraditionDon't BelieveFilmmakerSexismCeilings Author:Signe Baumane
“My films often have a very strong strain of irony, or even sarcasm, which is definitely related to homosexual camp. But it is by no means straightforward: quite often I am sincere when I appear to be sarcastic, and I am sarcastic when I appear to be sincere. I also try to contradict myself at least once a day, which is a camp must.” TryingMeanFilmStrongIronyRelatedSarcasmSarcasticSincereCampsVery StrongHomosexualStrainStraightforward Author:Bruce LaBruce
“I spent a lot of time making music and touring around the country and living the weird life. I was just trying to keep a job and get by. So in a lot of ways, I went through a strange version of film school. So you live through a lot of things, and put them into your work.” WayTryingCountrySchoolJobsFilmStrangeVersionsTouringFilm SchoolWeird Life Author:Dito Montiel
“Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it is is troubleshooting and dealing with different personalities and emotions and trying to make everybody happy and at the end of the day reaching your own personal goals and agendas.” FeelsTryingDifferentEndsSchoolFilmGoalLevelsEmotionPersonalityPreparedMotherhoodHonestlyReachingThe End Of The DayAgendasFilm SchoolAnd At The End Of The DayPersonal Goal Author:Christine Swanson
“I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that, because that's a compliment. That's up to others to say about me. The same way, I would never say I do art. I think art is up to history. It's up to other people to utter that word. So I try to be humble.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingArtFilmIntellectualArt IsHumbleComplimentBe Humble Author:John Waters
“Making the films is never easy, but actually that aspect of trying to make a better film or to keep the standard high is something that comes organically.” TryingFilmEasyStandardsAspect Author:David Heyman
“I approach the film business the way I feel about self-esteem. It's something that has to be maintained. That's kind of how I feel about positive roles in Hollywood. They have to be maintained. You have to purposefully, intentionally try to make the right type of films. And the more people that do that, the more things will continue to improve.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingKindSelfFilmRolesSelf EsteemTypeApproachHollywoodEsteem Author:Queen Latifah
“I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.” ThinkingTryingStillsCharacterFilmActorsStageTelevisionTaughtTheatreFilm And TelevisionStage Actors Author:Tony Shalhoub
“I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMightFilmExperimentsMainstream Author:Mara Wilson
“Luckily I had just finished a Marvel film so I was already in a training mentality and then this movie happened and I was really just trying to focus on like as much cardio as possible because in this film I do a lot of running and a lot of running in 100 degree heat in Austinit was like a sprintit was very much like all one shot running around, sprinting. So I had to build up my cardio to be able to get to that place and also not to like, die.” TryingRunningAbleFilmDiesFocusHappenedDegreesTrainingShotsFinishedHeatMentalityCardio Author:Cobie Smulders
“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 hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it too much, though. I'm more focused in the present.” ThinkingTryingShowsFilmToo MuchTelevisionCreatingFocusedLatinoTelevision Shows Author:Jon Huertas
“In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary.” ThinkingWantTryingWould BeSchoolFilmOne DayScaryFilm SchoolMaybe One Day Author:Amelia Warner
“I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.” PeopleThinkingTryingPlayFilmGamesWinningSpecialOpeningCollectionsFundRealisingWeekendSpecial PlacesPiracy Author:Riz Ahmed
“I put so much pressure on myself to raise the bar with each and every project. I treat it like every film is my last, and I make sure I pour everything I have into every film I make because if I'm not trying to improve, someone else will.” IfsTryingLastsFilmProjectsTreatsPressureRaisesBarsRaising The Bar Author:Scott Adkins
“It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.” PeopleWorldTryingFilmActorsEasyForgetIndustrySavingRecognitionObsessedSave The WorldFilm Industry Author:Charlie Cox
“Generally in my films like Hearts of Darkness or Picture This, I try not to make myself a presence in the film.” TryingHeartFilmDarknessHeart Of Darkness Author:George Hickenlooper
“Being a quarterback, the way I believe is there's always so much room to improve. Any little detail. I always cut up the film and try to watch what I can improve on, whatever little detail it is.” WayTryingBelieveLittlesI CanFilmI BelieveRoomsWatchesCuttingDetailsQuarterback Author:Russell Wilson
“Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It's an obsession of mine: that different people in different places are thinking the same thing but for different reasons. I try to make films which connect people.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDifferentReasonFilmMinesObsessionDifferent PeoplesDifferent PlaceThinking The Same Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing.” WorldTryingHumansFilmProcessNaturalAnimalKnowingGlimpseNatural History Author:David Attenborough
“At the end of the day, you're trying to make a certain film within a certain budget. Those rules never change.” TryingEndsFilmCertainBudgetsThe End Of The DayNever Change Author:Neil Marshall
“Learn how to draw. It's the basis of what we [animation directors] do. Keep a sketchbook. Try making a very simple little film. Try and tell a story clearly and entertainingly. Study the way people move and animate move. Observe all you can, and try and capture that simply in a few lines on paper.” PeopleWayTryingLittlesStoriesFilmMovingLinesSimpleStudyDirectorsPaperDrawsBasesCaptureAnimationSketchbooks Author:John Musker
“For me, my criteria for making films is all about trying to do something different from the last time. So if I catch myself doing too much of one thing, I'm always trying to move away from that, because it's not going to be challenging enough to keep my attention and focus.” IfsTryingDifferentEnoughLastsFilmMovingChallengesAttentionToo MuchFocusOne ThingLast TimeCriteriaAlways Trying Author:Queen Latifah