“I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.” InspirationFilmProcessTechnologyBiggerObviousBoxesEntertainmentCuriousOnlineParamount Author:Aaron Levie
“I can't help seeing 'Waste Land' as the third in a triptych with my earlier films 'Devil's Playground' and 'Blindsight,' and not least in the awe and gratitude I feel for the group of people who were courageous enough to share their stories with us - and to live lives so rich in inspiration for us all.” PeopleFeelsI CanEnoughHelpingStoriesInspirationFilmRichSeeingGroupsShareLandGratitudeWasteDevilThirdsLive LifeAweCourageousPlaygroundsWaste Land Author:Lucy Walker
“Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I was congratulating him on ROMEO + JULIET - which I think is a wonderful adaptation - and he said, "Oh, well we couldn't have done it without your RICHARD III, which was an inspiration!" I've never quite checked up on the dates to see whether or if, in fact, we did our film before he did his.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsWellsSaidDoneFactsInspirationFilmWonderfulMetsPaidComplimentAdaptationNever QuitJulietOh WellRomeo Juliet Author:Ian Mckellen
“A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.” InspirationFunnyFilmWideScreensMovieWorkout Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams” PeopleKnowsStoriesShowsDreamInspirationFilmFictionTvsSourceNewsReportsTv ShowsNon Fiction Author:Trudi Canavan
“I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.” ThinkingInspirationActionFilmActorsGrowing UpGrowingTvsMomHorrorMy MomHorror FilmAction Films Author:Rick Gonzalez
“Movies always fascinated me. They are an endless source of inspiration. There are countless images by great directors that made a profound impression on me, and I see film as a sublime example of teamwork.” MadeInspirationFilmExampleSourceDirectorsProfoundEndlessImpressionTeamworkFascinatedSublimeSource Of Inspiration Author:Giorgio Armani
“We all grew up in that era. I'm a little younger than these guys [Will Forte and John Solomon], but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original "MacGyver" series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for MacGruber. We took his name and made it stupid. In terms of the inspiration for the movie, that really came from our love for late '80s/early '90s action movies - the whole "Lethal Weapon" series and "Rambo" and "Die Hard," every single [Arnold] Schwarzenegger and [Sylvester] Stallone film.” LittlesMadeHardWholeInspirationActionFilmGuyDiesFoundNamesTermFansStupidHugeGrewLateGrew UpWeaponsOriginalsSeriesMade ItErasOur Love80sAction MovieSolomonSchwarzeneggerForteRamboLethal WeaponMacgyver Author:Will Forte
“I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character. However, I do have many inspirations from the worlds of literature, music, comedy and film.” WorldTryingCharacterInspirationFilmOrderLiteratureVoiceMy OwnCreativeComedyBe Creative Author:Doc Brown
“Inspired by words you have to create images to tell the story, while it's much more difficult to find your own images with a film for inspiration, because someone has already done it for you.” DoneStoriesInspirationFilmDifficultInspired Author:Peter Lindbergh
“The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingBookStoriesInspirationFilmVoiceEmotionStyleScriptsToneLocationRight Way Author:Dave McKean
“You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.” StoriesInspirationActionFilmHumanityMovedAnimatedAction FilmsAnimated Films Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher
“My inspiration can come from anything - films, the street, paparazzi pictures.” InspirationFilmStreetsPaparazzi Author:Craig McDean
“The biggest misconception is that I'm only a documentary filmmaker, but in fact I have made many narrative shorts. My biggest inspirations are narrative films, and that's ultimately where I see myself going next.” MadeFactsInspirationFilmNextNarrativeFilmmakerDocumentariesMisconceptionShorts Author:Alex Hammond
“I had great inspiration from a Japanese composer named Toru Takemitsu. He wrote over 90 film scores and a lot of concert music, a lot of classical music, and he gave me a lot of inspiration, as well as composers from other countries.” WellsCountryInspirationFilmScoreConcertsComposerOther CountriesClassical MusicFilm Scores Author:Howard Shore
“It's a funny thing with the inspiration thing. There's always loads of music around that I absolutely love and films going back to when I started making film music in the mid-80's.” InspirationFilmLoadFunny ThingsFilm Music Author:Steven Price
“While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.” IfsWantLittlesEnoughPlayInspirationHappensFilmActorsGrowsRoomsScriptsCome UpBreatheExperiments Author:David Twohy
“What smells strongly of crap to one generation - Victorian penny dreadfuls, the music of the Archies, the Lone Ranger radio show, blaxploitation films of the seventies - so often becomes a fruitful source of inspiration, veneration, and study for those to come, while certified Great and Worthy Art molders and fades on its storage rack, giving off an increasingly powerful whiff of naphthalene.” GivingArtShowsInspirationFilmPowerfulStudyGenerationsSourceRadioWorthySmellFadesCrapSeventiesPenniesLoneVictorianRangersStorageRacksVenerationSource Of InspirationLone Ranger Author:Michael Chabon
“Tone is an interesting question because part of the inspiration of looking to song is that Geisel himself - when you think about his animated version of The Grinch - embraced the idea of using songs in unconventional ways, as part of conveying a narrative. The use of music, in this film, is very unconventional, which I love.” ThinkingWayIdeasUseInspirationFilmSongInterestingVersionsNarrativeToneAnimatedUnconventionalConveying Author:Christopher Meledandri
“The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"” InspirationFilmFormAttitudeWorst Author:Jay Duplass
“Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished. I love to go to museums and galleries, I like to see theatre, film, dance - anything creative. It doesn't promise you inspiration, but it nourishes your creative soul, and that's good.” ImportantSoulSometimesInspirationFilmCreativeClearPromiseTheatreMuseumsGallery Author:Marc Jacobs
“Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their own right. When people talk to writers about their work, they ask about their ideas and inspirations. When they talk to photographers, they ask about what cameras or film they use. That's wrong - as wrong as asking a writer what pencil and laptop he uses.” PeopleIdeasUseInspirationFilmAsksTalkingToo MuchAskingCamerasPhotographerCreatorEquipmentPencilsLaptopsDisserviceTalking Too MuchIdeas And Inspiration Author:Peter Turnley
“My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most films and records being made today - too many people involved. I think it dilutes the artist's intent and inspiration.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMadeProblemInspirationTodayFilmArtistRecordsCreationInvolvedMy FavoriteMiddlemen Author:M. Ward
“But strangely, [in] the original Matt Helm books, he's just this super hardass assassin. They sort of made it into a sexy romp for the movies. The books are very, very dark. I also watched 'OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies,' which is a French film. They just made a second one, I think, which is based on like, 100 novels. They're just fantastic. They're set in the '60s. A lot of the visual inspiration definitely came from 1960 James Bond movies and 'OSS 177' and also 'Pink Panther' movies.” ThinkingMadeBookInspirationFilmDarkNovelOriginalsSexyMade ItFantasticVisualsSpy1960sNestsAssassinsPanthersHelmCairoBond MovieJames Bond MoviePink Panther Author:Adam Reed
“My inspiration always comes from different places. Sometimes it's a piece of music or being in nature or seeing a film or reading a magazine. I find inspiration everywhere.” DifferentSometimesInspirationFilmReadingPiecesSeeingMagazinesDifferent Place Author:Marie Forleo
“I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting that through Patti [Smith] - because she takes pictures, performs, writes; she does so many things, and that was a big inspiration to me. It helped me realized that I'm not just a fashion photographer. I wanted to do all these other artistic things as well, and during filming my mind opened up to those possibilities.” WritingMindWellsDoeBigsInspirationWantedTogetherFilmFashionPossibilityPhotographerArtistic Author:Steven Sebring
“The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and - well, it's just a lot of painters and artists and filmmakers all within that scene, and it's very, very important to me.” WellsImportantInspirationFilmArtistStreetsStyleNew YorkHugeScenePainterFilmmakerPunkGuerrillas Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Inspiration comes from books, music, films and of course, living memories and life experiences, my own and those of people I've known or met; the casual glimpse from the stranger or the life and death of the close relative; to breathe, for a moment, a Chekhovian air, it's all song and ice.” PeopleBookMomentsInspirationFilmSongCoursesMemoriesMy OwnKnownAirMetsStrangerBreatheIceLife And DeathRelativeLife ExperienceGlimpseCasual Author:Suhayl Saadi
“Michael Moore's first big film "Roger & Me" has an extremely powerful scene in which a family in Flint, Michigan is evicted right around Christmas. That was an inspiration to me to document the stories of people living on the edge as they're happening. My aim in "A House Divided" was to explore the urgent challenges of housing inequity in New York through the eyes of Norman Lear.” PeopleInspirationEyeFilmHouseChallengesPowerfulSceneAimLearLiving On The Edge Author:Solly Granatstein
“When I need inspiration, I usually go into a creative "slump" and become a total sloth. I watch a lot of movies, read a lot, go see shows, and go for walks. I don't really touch my instruments because it's like I'm collecting data. I love film. I love reading. Those two mediums are often more inspiring than listening to an awesome record. Seeing what somebody else is doing in another field, it's like, "Wow! That's amazing! I want to be amazing at what I'm doing!"” InspirationFilmReadingCreativeListeningSlothLove Of ReadingLove Films Author:Haley Bonar
“I often say to my students in workshops that if they are trying to find literary inspiration, they should not go and read novels, because novels are more appropriate for series. Where as they should read short stories - that's the right format for you to be able to actually display the narrative in a film.” TryingInspirationFilmNovelStudentsShort Story Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Inspiration is everywhere - film, television, newspapers, novels, overheard conversations, whatever you can tap into. It's out there, and I've been at this long enough to know that it won't always just come to me; sometimes I have to go get it.” LongSometimesEnoughInspirationFilmNovel Author:Kasey Anderson