“It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer.” HumansStillsCharacterFeelingsFilmReadingWatchesAudienceWrittenComputerDialogueFilmmaker Author:Roger Ebert
“As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.” MindPersonsShowsWatchesTheaterFilmmaker Author:Darren Aronofsky
“I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back to film school and just watch other filmmakers work and try to be a part of somebody else's vision. So I feel like you do use two very different parts of your brain, and it's great to be able to jump back and forth.” FeelsTryingYearsTwoDifferentUseAbleSchoolFilmBrainVisionWatchesLike YouFilmmakerBack And ForthFilm School Author:Sarah Polley
“There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker.” KindWatchesMonthsAnxietyFilmmakerPillsNever Stop LearningDepressants Author:Mike Mills
“It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.” PeopleWantMatterCharacterStoriesHandsActionGoalWatchesAudienceLaughingSpecialEffectsCryComputerMemorableFilmmakerOver YouEntertainingAnimationMaking People LaughPuppetsGreat MusicGreat CharacterSpecial Effects Author:John Lasseter
“I think this is an exciting time to be a female filmmaker. Trust your instincts, work harder than anyone else and learn your craft. Know it all. This means learn how to shoot, edit, produce and direct. Get as much experience as you can and watch a lot of films.” ThinkingKnowsMeanFilmWatchesProduceHard WorkFemaleDirectExcitingHarderInstinctCraftsFilmmakerEditsWork HarderKnow It AllTrust Your Instincts Author:Alex Hammond