Top Filmmaking Quotes

Without writers, stories would not be written,Without actors, stories could not be brought to life.

Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop...

If you can film an idea in your mind, follow that film idea shot for shot, scene for scene, that idea is worth making.

The score is in your subconscious. Sit down long enough at a keyboard and it will come out.

i Create. I don't "Need".Meaning: I don't need advice or criticism. Unless you're offering money, weed, or whiskey save it. Thanks.

If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process.

Success or Failure, there should always be a Drive to Keep on Creating.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

If you don't lose first you are not entitled to win.

Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.

The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.

A lot of film people are like that– especially the ones below the line, the blue-collar guys, the grunts. They like putting their hands on the equipment and getting it to do things for them. It's not...

A big part of filmmaking is gathering a group of people you can work with.

If you want to make art, go get a job at the Loov-rah.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I jus...

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.