Quotes about Filmmaking

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Later film shoots’ casting calls would advertise that they’re “fun shoots” and a “good way to get exposure”—but working — J. Richard Singleton, Background Guy
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@ki — Guillermo del Toro
Regardless of the subject of my films … I am looking for a way of evoking in audiences feelings similar to my own: the p — Krzysztof Kieślowski
Too many film schools, as well as any number of screenwriting gurus and an obscene number of how-to-write tomes, have ma — Billy Marshall Stoneking
All tales, then, are at some level a journey into the woods to find the missing part of us, to retrieve it and make ours — John Yorke, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
When you see a filmmaker getting too fancy... you can bet he's worried either about his story or his ability to tell it. — Walter Dean Myers, Monster: A Graphic Novel
Success or Failure, there should always be a Drive to Keep on Creating. — Henry Johnson Jr
A Film has the potential to kindle such a spark of inspiration in an individual that it can alter the course of human pr — Abhijit Naskar
Entertain, but also, give the viewer something to think about. — Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Healthy entertainment does not evoke raw emotions in the mind of a viewer only to make them wreak havoc, rather it guide — Abhijit Naskar
Healthy entertainment is a beautiful blend of stimuli that can connect with the viewer at a sentimental level, then sow — Abhijit Naskar
The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one o — Mylo Carbia, The Raping of Ava DeSantis
I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public i — D.W. Griffith
The crew was mostly men. That's how it was and that's pretty much how it still is. It's a man's world & show business is — Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out — Martin Scorsese
I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself. — Peter Greenaway
The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. — Robert Bresson
If you can film an idea in your mind, follow that film idea shot for shot, scene for scene, that idea is worth making. — Craig Mapp
... the midpoint of each film is the moment when each protagonist embraces for the first time the quality they will need — John Yorke, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
A lot of film people are like that– especially the ones below the line, the blue-collar guys, the grunts. They like putt — Paul Auster, The Book of Illusions